Dr. Tyrone Taborn (h.c.), president and CEO of Career Communications Group, Inc., addressed a plenary session at the pan-African Information and Communication Technology conference - ICTe Africa 2006 - being held in Nairobi, Kenya, from May 17 to 21.

The 2006 conference will feature presentations on next generation networks, infrastructure projects, Internet applications/solutions, rural telephony, ICT policies, ICT financing and solar energy for powering rural networks. The event will also feature professional development courses in fiber optics, broadband access, VoIP and other emerging technologies.

ICTe Africa is a continental event for the presentation of technologies appropriate to development of ICT in Africa and for the discussion of a broad range of challenges and potential relevant solutions. ICTe Africa is an annual conference and tutorial event that address information and communications issues for the entire continent, and attracts industry leaders, financiers, scientists, engineers, and educators from Africa, and the rest of the world.

NEPAD Council is organising ICTe Africa 2006 in collaboration with the Kenyan Government, NEPAD Secretariat, Africa Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

NEPAD Council is an organization of African professionals all over the world whose mission is to support the implementation of NEPAD objectives. NEPAD Council is recognized and endorsed by the NEPAD Secretariat and the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee and is registered as non-profit organization in New York State, USA, and headquartered in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.