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font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69) !important;" mce_style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; color: #454545 !important;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);" mce_style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000080;">Africa Information & Communication Technologies Alliance - AfICTA</span></h1><h3 style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; color: rgb(178, 1, 1) !important;" mce_style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; color: #b20101 !important;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;" mce_style="font-size: 8pt;"><i>...connecting African ICT industry players</i></span></h3><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><b><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" mce_style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);" mce_style="font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;">AfICTA e-NEWSLETTER</span></span></b><i> Edition 3/Vol1/9/12/13</i></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 0px; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228);" mce_style="line-height: 0px; background-color: #e4e4e4;" height="31" valign="top" width="600"><img alt="---" src="http://aficta.org/media/com_acymailing/templates/newsletter-5/header.png" mce_src="http://aficta.org/media/com_acymailing/templates/newsletter-5/header.png" height="31" width="600"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td><table style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); width: 600px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" mce_style="background-color: #ffffff;" width="30"> </td><td style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" mce_style="text-align: justify; color: #575757; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;" width="540"><h2 style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 214); color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" mce_style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d6d6d6; color: #575757; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">CES 7-10 January, 2014; Be Part Of AfICTA Delegation</span></h2><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="color: #000000;">The International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for more than 40 years—the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. As the largest hands-on event of its kind, CES features all aspects of the industry. And because it is owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the technology trade association representing the $203 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry, it attracts the world’s business leaders and pioneering thinkers to a forum where the industry’s most relevant issues are addressed. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="color: #000000;">If interested kindly registering to be part of AfICTA delegation.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><a href="http://aficta.org/index.php/ces-2014" mce_href="http://aficta.org/index.php/ces-2014" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; 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padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 214); color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;" mce_style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d6d6d6; color: #575757; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">ICANN Issues Advice to IT Professionals on Name Collision Identification and Mitigation</span></h2><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">ICANN has issued comprehensive advice to IT professionals worldwide on how to proactively identify and manage private name space leakage into the public Domain Name System (DNS) and thus, eliminate the causes of name collisions as new Top Level Domains (TLDs) are added to the DNS.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px;">In a report titled<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/security/ssr/name-collision-mitigation-05dec13-en.pdf" mce_href="https://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/security/ssr/name-collision-mitigation-05dec13-en.pdf" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(157, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border: none;" mce_style="cursor: pointer; color: #9d0000; text-decoration: none; border: none;">Name Collision Identification and Mitigation for IT Professionals</a>, ICANN explains the nature and causes of name collision and proposes a range of possible solutions.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Domain name collisions are not new. However the report addresses some concerns that a number of applied-for new TLDs may be identical to names used in private name spaces.”<br>The report explains how DNS queries leak into the global DNS from private name spaces and how these leaks can have unintended consequences. The report shows that private networks will consistently, stably, and reliably perform name resolution when they use Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) and resolve them from the global DNS, and proposes methods to migrate to FQDNs.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.icann.org/en/help/name-collision" mce_href="http://www.icann.org/en/help/name-collision" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(157, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border: none;" mce_style="cursor: pointer; color: #9d0000; text-decoration: none; border: none;"><span class="acymailing_readmore" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(157, 0, 0); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(157, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(157, 0, 0); padding: 3px 5px; font-size: 13px;" mce_style="cursor: pointer; color: #ffffff; background-color: #9d0000; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #9d0000; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #9d0000; padding: 3px 5px; font-size: 13px;">Read More</span></a></span></div><hr style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;" mce_style="color: #575757; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;"><h2 style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 214); color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" mce_style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d6d6d6; color: #575757; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">ATCON sets agenda for telecoms industry</span></h2><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #333333;">The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) last weekend in Lagos held a Telecommunications Executive Forum 2013, which provided an opportunity for members to review happenings and to set agenda for the industry.</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #333333;">Expectedly, many issues affecting the sector both positively and negatively were addressed.</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #333333;">Some of them were: the introduction of Mobile Number portability (MNP) scheme and its impact on the industry, Broadband Open Access, Spectrum, Right of Way, Stimulating demand, migration from analogue to digital broadcasting and its implications for telecoms and Quality of Service (QoS) regulations.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" href="http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/12/atcon-sets-agenda-telecoms-industry/" mce_href="http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/12/atcon-sets-agenda-telecoms-industry/" style="cursor: pointer; 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margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 214); color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" mce_style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d6d6d6; color: #575757; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">SA mobile users shift from voice to data</span></h2><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">South African mobile phone networks are seeing call revenues declining for the first time in their histories as the younger generation leads the consumer charge into a "new data economy", according to a new study from research company World Wide Worx.World Wide Worx's "Mobility 2014" study, released last week, reveals that the 19-24 age group, representing students and entrants into the workforce, is abandoning calls faster than any other segment.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.southafrica.info/business/trends/newbusiness/cellphone-041213.htm#.UqISvsRDv6Y" mce_href="http://www.southafrica.info/business/trends/newbusiness/cellphone-041213.htm#.UqISvsRDv6Y" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(157, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;" mce_style="cursor: pointer; color: #9d0000; text-decoration: none; border: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="acymailing_readmore" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(157, 0, 0); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(157, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(157, 0, 0); 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font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Egypt: Minister of Communications - Sector to Grow By 20 Percent in Next Three Years</span></h2><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Eng. Atef Helmy said that the targeted growth by the sector reaches nearly 18-20 percent during the next three years, thus equaling 6 percent of GDP.<br>During his speech before the Egyptian-Gulf Investment Forum which began Wednesday in Cairo, the Minister noted that the targeted growth by the sector during the financial year that will end on June 30, 2014, reaches nearly 10 percent thus equaling 4.1 percent of GDP as compared to 3.2 percent in the past year.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><a target="_blank" href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201312061657.html" mce_href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201312061657.html" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(157, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;" mce_style="cursor: pointer; color: #9d0000; text-decoration: none; border: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="acymailing_readmore" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(157, 0, 0); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(157, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(157, 0, 0); padding: 3px 5px; font-size: 13px;" mce_style="cursor: pointer; color: #ffffff; background-color: #9d0000; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #9d0000; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #9d0000; padding: 3px 5px; font-size: 13px;">Read More</span></a><br mce_bogus="1"></div><hr style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;" mce_style="color: #575757; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;"><h2 style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 214); color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" mce_style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d6d6d6; color: #575757; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Gambia Reaches U.S.$33 Million Deal With Huawei Technology</span></h2><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" mce_style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The government through the national telecommunications giant, GAMTEL, under the Ministry of Information and Communication and Infrastructure Wednesday signed a US$33.23M agreement contract with Huawei Technology, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, for the implementation of the country's component of the ECOWAS Wide Area Network (ECOWAN) project. The signing ceremony, which took place at GAMTEL House in Banjul, was graced by representatives of Huawei Technology and officials of the Ministry of Information and Communication Infrastructure.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><a href="http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/gambia-reaches-us33m-deal-with-huawei-technology" mce_href="http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/gambia-reaches-us33m-deal-with-huawei-technology" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(157, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;" mce_style="cursor: pointer; color: #9d0000; text-decoration: none; border: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="acymailing_readmore" style="cursor: pointer; 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font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d6d6d6; color: #575757; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nigeria: Minister Decries Inadequate Local Content Devt in ICT</span></h2><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="line-height: 18px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><img src="http://aficta.org/images/stories/omobola-johnson.jpg" mce_src="http://aficta.org/images/stories/omobola-johnson.jpg" alt="omobola-johnson" height="225" width="400"></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="line-height: 18px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, has lamented the low usage of local content materials from Nigeria in the development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).<br>Johnson raised the alarm at the 2013 eNigeria conference organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in Abuja recently.<br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="line-height: 18px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">She said the telecoms sector in Nigeria has recorded tremendous growth, being the fastest growing sector of the economy and the fourth largest contributor to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with a high growth tele-density figures from 0.73 per cent in 2001 to an impressive 85.25 per cent measured in April 2013; with approximately 112 million active telephone sets.<br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="line-height: 18px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">She however said, "As impressive as the figures may seem, the Nigerian Information Technology (IT) landscape suffers from a clear negative trade balance, as the economic value generated locally with imported technologies used by Nigerians is still extremely low."</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/minister-decries-inadequate-local-content-devt-in-ict/166176/" mce_href="http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/minister-decries-inadequate-local-content-devt-in-ict/166176/" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; 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color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; color: #000000;"><img src="http://aficta.org/images/stories/nelson%20_mandela.jpg" mce_src="http://aficta.org/images/stories/nelson%20_mandela.jpg" alt="nelson _mandela" height="114" width="160"></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; color: #000000;">“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” — Nelson Mandela</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Nelson Mandela our hero, a man whose past and efforts would be remembered for life. A life spent selflessly, not for himself but for all, including generations unborn.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">A model for selfless leadership and boundless affection for humanity. A heart voluntarily made heavy to lighten the burden of his people.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">We celebrate a life profitably spent to the benefit of all, for the freedom of not only South Africans but the world at large, a noticeable model for greatness and unlimited impacts.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">AfICTA Baord, Members and Staff live to remember his words, his works and most importantly his everyday life; his steps, his decisions, his forgiving heart, his unlimited affection for humanity, regardless of look and race.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" mce_style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Nelson Mandela lives on. What a gift to humanity, Madiba!</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.southafrica.info/mandela/?gclid=CJbOn4GAo7sCFY_MtAodOVYAZA" mce_href="http://www.southafrica.info/mandela/?gclid=CJbOn4GAo7sCFY_MtAodOVYAZA" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(157, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border: none;" mce_style="cursor: pointer; color: #9d0000; text-decoration: none; border: none;"><span class="acymailing_readmore" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(157, 0, 0); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(157, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(157, 0, 0); padding: 3px 5px; 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