IT and Global Communication summit 2010 in Tanzania

The 21st century is universally considered the digital revolution era. In this epoch, unprecedented breakthroughs in Information Technology (IT) have been at the epicenter of progress and development throughout the world. No economic, social, political or cultural element has been left un-touched or uninfluenced by the digital revolution. The most interesting aspect however is the innovations and discoveries that constantly grace the digital revolution.

A fully packed conference room at Diamond Jubilee hall during the official opening of the IT Glovbal Communication summit in Dar es Salaam recently

An exhibitor in one of the ITC exhibition stand.

The East Africa Speakers Bureau, (ESB) conscious of the swift paced IT breakthroughs, and understanding the necessity of timely information and experience sharing, organizes the first ever IT and Communication summit in Tanzania. The objective of this particular event is to bring together the leading producers, providers and consumers of the IT and communication products and services across the world. Inspired by the vision to ensure that the business environment in Tanzania reaches global standards of efficiency, innovation and productivity, the summit intends to introduce and showcase the latest trends and development in IT and communication related tools and services available within and outside Africa, and their relevance to an array of stakeholders.
Business and entrepreneurs, whether small, medium and large, and whether rural or urban, IT and Communication constantly makes a difference. In this era, ignoring the IT and Communication trend is accepting deterioration and entertaining the risk of stagnation. A two day summit demonstrated the potential of IT and Communication for different categories of current and potential users. Further, this summit addressed the demand for and barriers to accessing and use of IT and Communication across a range of current and potential users. It is an explicit objective of this summit to demonstrate how customers leverage from the technological led industries that do not only care about quality, customer relations but also velocity.

An exhibitor explaining something to a visitor


This summit had two fold purposes: First to offer an outstanding opportunity for stakeholders in various industries and authorities to discuss various issues and explore opportunities presented by IT and communication services for businesses and consumers in the digital world as shared by the leading thinkers and doers in communication and technology most of whom are business founders and operators from worldly recognized IT and communication companies. The summit will discuss topics of keen interest to providers and users of such technology. The topics will be developed under the following subthemes;

Secondly, to enable the Tanzanian population to witness and test a state of art products and tools including soft wares and digital devices in a show case forum that will demonstrate the technological know how and achievements of various firms which produces, market or make use of IT and related services from a diversity of sectors including but not limited to companies and organizations specializing in banking, telecom, internet connectivity service providers, satellite suppliers, multimedia products suppliers, data processing companies, cable networks providers, institutes of technology, media houses, solar energy, soft ware developers, suppliers of electronic devices, computer accessories or any other organization, agency, institute, commission or authority employing the use of technology in products development and service delivery.