An expert in Digital Media, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and founder of CEOAfrica Media Platform, Mr. Cletus Sunday Ilobanafor has been invited by the African Union to speak at the Consultation and planning workshop on African Languages and the Cyberspace in Gaborone, Botswana on June 21-22, 2018.
The United Nations (UN) Ambassador for peace, will be delivering a lecture on ‘‘The Use of Online TV to Promote African Languages and Africa as a Continent’’ at the workshop on the 22nd of June.
The workshop will however, focus on Computational linguistics, Broadcasting/Cloud Publicity, Folktale digitalization, Robotic language technology networking and software development, Corpus development and many more, in order to surmount the challenges facing the lack of effective presence of African languages on the cyberspace and determine the way forward to increase their presence and apply human language technology to them.
Prince Cletus, a man whose burning passion is to see Africa emerge the world economic power come 2060, believes that Africa is endowed with human, capital and mineral resources and if well harnessed will situate Africa as the hope of the world
Among those who will attend the workshop are;
Mr. Dwayne Bailey, from Britain, Prof Alou Keita from Burkina Faso, Prof Belay Kassa, from Cameroon, Prof Charles Binam Bikoi, from Cameroon, Mrs. Nnenna Nwakanma from Cote d’Ivoire, Dr Mahama Ouedraogo, from Ethiopia, Ms. Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeburg, from France, Prof Marcel Diki-Dikiri, from France, Prof Antoine MANDA TCHEBWA, from Gabon, Prof Charles Mafor, from Ghana, Mr. John Rex Amuzu GADZEKPO, from Ghana, Dr Buramah L. J. Jmmeh, from Gambia, Mr. Thierno Sadou Bah, from Guinea, Mr. David Ombui, from Kenya, Dr Lawrence Muchemi Githiar, from Kenya, Prof Alfred Dailex Mtenje, from Malawi, Mr. Adama Samassekou, from Mali, Mr. Aimé Bambara, from Mali, Mrs. Coulibaly Mariam Koné, from Mali, Mr. Kossi Abassa, from Mali, Dr. Lang Fafa Dampha, from Mali, Dr. Ojo Babajide, from Mali, Mr. Modibo Diallo, from Mali, Mrs. Djeinaba ElHadj DIOUF, from Mauritania, Prof Mohamedoune Wane, from Mauritania, Prof Mohammed El Ferrane, from Morocco, Mr. Komi N’Kégbé Fogâ TUBLU, from Niger, Prof AWOBULUYI Ọladele, from Nigeria, Mrs. Iwuchukwu Kelechi, from Nigeria, Dr Lawrence Ougamamba Tasah, from Nigeria, Dr Odetunji Odejobi, from Nigeria, Prof. Titus Ayorinde BAMGBOSE, from Nigeria, Dr Tunde Adegbola, from Nigeria, Mr, Ahmeth Diouf from Senegal, Mr. El Hadj Mamadou Nguer, from Senegal, Prof Fary Silate Ka, from Senegal, Mrs. N’Deye Name Diouf, from Senegal, Dr Langa Khumalo, from South Africa, Prof Sheila Mmusi from South Africa, Mr. Martin Benjamin, from Swiss, Dr Juma Hemed Lungo, from Tanzania, Dr Simon Seleman Sewangi, from Tanzania, Mr. Timothy Mwaisaka, from Tanzania, Ms. Ayeta Anne Wangusa, from Uganda, Mrs. Margaret Nakinga, from Uganda, Dr Ndlovu Eventhough, from Zimbabwe.
All these important personalities from different countries across African continent are expected to grace the Workshop in Botswana.
