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ICT Focus Honored
for Outstanding Contribution in Promoting ICT
May 13th, 2003
The magazine received the first-ever AISI Media Award, for which over 80 applications were submitted from all over Africa, in recognition of its outstanding work in print media that promotes the Information Society. More...

 
 
 

ICT Focus Named SABC Highway Africa Awards Finalist for Second Consecutive Year

Addis Ababa, 04 September 2008 - ICT Focus, the Ethiopian magazine that exclusively focuses on Information and Communications Technology, has been selected as finalist in the Corporate category of the SABC Highway Africa Digital Journalism Awards 2008 Competition. The honor marks the second straight year the magazine has received this distinguished nomination for its creativity in using new technologies to advance the Information Revolution in Africa.

The Highway Africa Innovative Awards for New Media have become one of the major highlights of recognition, reward and celebration for creativity in using new technologies to advance the Information Revolution in Africa. These awards celebrate the creative, innovative and appropriate use of New Media and ICTs in journalism, and are the premier award recognizing excellence in New Media in Africa.

"We are pleased to see that ICT Focus is once again nominated as a finalist in this year's Highway Africa Awards," said Michael Tamru, editor-in-chief of the magazine. "The magazine’s nomination for Highway Africa Awards is an appreciation of our commitment to produce quality work of which the ICT community, media professionals and Ethiopians at large can be proud." The Awards ceremony will be held on the evening of the 9th of September 2008, at Rhodes University, South Africa.

For more information contact: Michael Tamru, Managing Editor, 251911605662,michael@ictfocus.info
About ICT Focus
ICT Focus, launched on February 2002, is the first and only magazine in Ethiopia that exclusively focuses on Information and Communications Technology.

The magazine is the only source for information on ICTs. It has become the essential reading for ICT professionals, ICT users, senior to mid level executives in all kinds of organizations, teachers and students of Higher Learning Institutions, secondary schools to name just a few.

ICT Focus contributed enormously in creating awareness on the role of ICTs in the development process. The Magazine has also served as a forum for the debate surrounding ICT Policy and standardization of ICT Training; the prevalence ethical standards and codes of conduct with regard to the provision of products and services. It has also advocated the efficient utilization of resources for the supply and installation of ICT systems in government services, public sector organizations and organizations to derive optimal benefits from their investments and ensure sustainable management of the ICT sector. It has contributed a lot to promote new products and services developed by Ethiopian ICT professionals to
potential customers.

On May 13th 2003, ICT Focus magazine received the first-ever AISI Media Award, organized by the Economic Commission for Africa, for which over 80 applications were submitted from all over Africa, in recognition of its outstanding work in print media that promotes the Information Society.
(http://www.uneca.org/aisi/mediaawardWinners.htm)
 

 
 
 
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