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MANSAKONKO

DATE: March 22^nd 2014

MansaKonko, Lower River Division, The Gambia

MOICI in Partnership With ITU Organise Workshop on Regulatory Auditing and Cost Modeling in Sub-Saharan Africa

Government through MOICI in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organized a five-day workshop on “Regulatory Auditing and Cost Modeling in Sub-Saharan Africa,” that took place from the 19^th - 23^rd August 2013 at the Coco Ocean Resort and Spa.

Being the first of its kind in The Gambia, the ITU workshop was initiated by its Harmonization of the ICT Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (HIPSSA) project. The project’s objective for the five-day

Commonwealth Technical Assistance Geared Towards the Formulation of a Holistic National Strategy on Cyber Security. 

A two-man consultant team from the Commonwealth Cyber Crime initiative was in the Gambia for a one week scoping mission (June 24^th to 28^th), with a view of coming up with legal measures to create a cyber security strategy.

According to the Deputy Permanent Secretary, Technical, Mr. Lamin Camara, “This visit is a timely one. The Gambia being already a member of the African Union Convention on Cybercrime would