EACO & Access Partnership Workshop

Access Partnership and East African Communications Organisation (EACO) are pleased to invite you to a virtual high-level roundtable, which will present an opportunity for EACO members to highlight their Covid-19 policy responses, reflect on lessons learned from the crisis, and discuss recommendations to accelerate infrastructure deployment and achieve universal access.

The roundtable will also build on the findings of Access recently released whitepaper " Lessons Learned from Covid-19: Perspectives from the Tower Industry", which analyses policy measures to enable the operation and deployment of wireless telecommunications infrastructure during the pandemic and presents international case studies and recommendations.

Speakers:

• Dr. Samuel Muhizi, Director General, ARCT, Burundi
• Eng. Napoleon Adok Gai, Director-General, NCA, South Sudan (TBC)
• Mr. Christopher Kemei, Director Universal Service, CA, Kenya
• Mr Protais Kanyankore, Senior Manager in Charge of Universal Access & Services, RURA, Rwanda
• Christopher Casarrubias, Head of Emerging Markets, Access Partnership

Moderator: Hussein Abul-Enein, Senior Policy Manager, Access Partnership