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Why East Africa? The arrival of undersea cables to the shores of this region presents a terrific opportunity to build out a national backbone infrastructure. The governments are interested and the large stakeholders are interested. And, while Verizon isn't in East Africa right now, we have a real interest in seeing that the entire world becomes connected. As we know from experience, once a region becomes connected there will be tremendous levels of investment and rapid economic development.
Our focus at the symposium will be on the benefits that Internet connectivity will bring to the region's universities. Joining us will be U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith A. McHale, representatives from some 25 universities from across East Africa, MIT Chancellor Phillip Clay, and colleagues from Google, Motorola, Qualcomm, Ericsson and Intelsat.
I'll report more as things progress...but for a full story, read my interview with the State Department at this link: A New Internet Era Is Dawning across East Africa.
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Kathy Brown
S.V.P., Public Policy Development and Corporate Responsibility
Kathy leads Verizon's global corporate responsibility initiatives and policy development. She also oversees the Verizon Foundation.
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President, Verizon Foundation
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Director of Corporate and Community Responsibility
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