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Uplifting Photography in the Depression
A chance for you and your camera to take a trip into another world - accompanied by 2 photographers 7 days of unbelievable contrasting scenery - Afar from the north to the south - a complete picture!
FINAL CALL FOR REGISTRATION DEPOSIT Friday 20 January 2012
Minimum number 10, maximum number 15
Anyone wishing to take part in this trip, must have 500ETB to Destination: Ethiopia on or before 20 January to reserve a space.
500ETB to be dropped into Safeway Tour and Travel, Bole Road, Flamingo Building, opposite Sunshine Building.
Pamela Robbie
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TO: Ethiopian Diaspora within the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector
EVENT LOCATION - PRE-REGISTRATION (required):
IN PERSON ATTENDEES: UNECA Headquarters (CONFERENCE ROOM 3)
Please register at the following URL: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8ZXMLMD by January 10, 2012.
Please pre-register at the following URL: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/924887590 by January 10, 2012
1) Time & Date information below:
| CITY | TIME | DATE |
| Addis Ababa | 8:00 Am - 10 Am | Thursday January 12, 2012 |
| Los Angeles California | 9:00 Pm to 11 Pm | Wednesday January 11, 2012 |
| Dallas, TX | 11 Pm - 1 Am | Wednesday January 11, 2012 |
| New York (EST) | 12 Am- 2 Am | Thursday January 12, 2012 |
| London | 5 Am - 7 Am | Thursday January 12, 2012 |
| Sydney | 4 Pm - 6 Pm | Thursday January 12, 2012 |
2) Agenda:
| Time | Agenda | Speaker |
| 8AM – 8:15AM | GTP with respect to ICT Overview of ICT Policies | Minister of MCIT |
| 8:15AM – 8:30AM | Overview of ICT Park | Minister of MCIT |
| 8:30AM – 8:45AM | ICT-ET Overview and Plans | ICT-ET President |
| 8:45AM – 9AM | Data Centers- How to Optimize it in Ethiopia? |
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| 9AM – 9:15AM | Incubation- How to Optimize it in Ethiopia? | Kidane Haile (CA) |
| 9:15AM – 9:30AM | Outsourcing- How to Optimize it in Ethiopia? | Fitsum Andargue (DC) |
| 9:30AM – 10AM | Q&A (via info@ictet.org ) | Addis Alemayehou. (who will be the MC) |
ICT-ET
www.ictet.org
This Saturday on 14th January, the Embassy of Japan together with JICA is organizing the 3rd Japan Festival at the Juventus Club.
Liquid Lounge has Delicious free shots and Tasty free bites! Live tibs station on the patio all night...
Come and celebrate a Special Ethiopian Christmas this weekend, Friday Night DJ Addisu playing and Saturday Night DJ Evil.
Dear ICT Community,
I/OVentures, one of the leading incubators based in Silicon Valley, would like to announce a great challenge for software developers in Ethiopia. They have prepared a ‘Coding Test’ which would be sent directly from them to our members who would like to participate. The test will require approximately two hours of your time and would need to be conducted before January 31, 2012.
The top 3 winners will receive mentoring from top entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley including Paul Bragiel (3 start-ups), Jonathan Baudanza (Rupture, Napster) and Samuel Stauffer (2 startups, currently at Twitter). The initial mentoring program will comprise of 4 online sessions over a two month period as well as email access to mentors. Furthermore, the top 3 winners will have the potential to access the founders of companies such as Youtube, Paypal, MySpace, Bittorrent, Facebook etc.
That said, ICT-ET now needs your approval to share your email address with I/OVentures. Please inform us by January 10, 2012 if we can share your email address with I/OVentures by clicking the following link below and submitting your email address.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GVGMTXD
Wishing our members good luck in this competition,