Africa-Press – Angola. The Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication, Mário Oliveira, defended, this Tuesday, in Luanda, the need for the International Association of Portuguese-Speaking Communications (AICEP) to continue to be a convening agent in the implementation of the CPLP’s digital agenda.
For Mário Oliveira, who was speaking at the opening of the XXX AICEP Forum on Lusophone Communications 2023, this digital agenda is based on four structural pillars: electronic communications infrastructure, digital services, digital security and training.
According to the minister, Angola has contributed to the implementation of the aforementioned agenda, which is perfectly aligned with the strategy for the country’s digital transformation (the ICT white paper, 2019-2022).
In the field of infrastructure, the official highlighted the entry into operation of international submarine cables MONET and SACS (the first connection from Africa to the Americas, from the South Atlantic) and the expansion of the national terrestrial fiber optic network.
Still in this field, Mário Oliveira referred to the completion of construction, placement into orbit and operationalization of the ANGOSAT 2 satellite and the start-up of the National Center for Monitoring the Radio Electric Spectrum.
The minister also highlighted, within the scope of massification and digital inclusion, the gradual expansion across the national territory of the Angola Media Library Network, as well as the N`gola Digital and Angola Online projects.
As for capacity building, the minister referred that Angola has strengthened training institutions in the field of telecommunications and electronic communications.
As an example, Mário Oliveira informed that his portfolio signed, a few days ago, a memorandum of understanding that will result in the creation of the first Cybersecurity Academy in Angola.
At the XXX AICEP Forum on Lusophone Communications 2023, four panels made up the moments of discussion and debate at the meeting.
Topics such as “communications security”, “the CEO’s cockpit: digital nations”, “the future of networks”, as well as “internationalisation: what is changing”, were discussed.
The International Association of Portuguese Speaking Communications (AICEP) is made up of Angola, Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau and Macau.
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