“I Wish to Acknowledge Several U. S. Officials, Organizations and Industry

Connecting the Globe: The Africa Initiative

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“I wish to acknowledge several U. S. officials, organizations and industry representatives who have provided critical assistance to the FCC delegation in our efforts to work with developing countries in Africa. “ -Chairman William E. Kennard

Ambassador Krueger and the U.S. Mission staff in Gaborone were pivotal to the success of Chairman Kennard’s development initiative in Botswana. The Honorable Robert C. Krueger, Key U.S. Mission staff providing assistance included the Deputy Chief of U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana Mission Scott H. DeLisi, Commercial Officer Bryan David Hunt, USIS And Secretary Albright’s Special Public Affairs Officer Kelly Keiderling and Edward Spriggs, Director of Representative to SADC USAID’s Regional Center for Southern Africa. . In addition to U.S. Mission staff, Brian Goulden, U.S. AID consultant in Gaborone, and Wade Warren of USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C. contributed to the Gaborone program. Ambassador Joseph and U.S. Mission staff in Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Cape Town played a major role in the success of the FCC delegation’s development efforts in South Africa. In Pretoria and The Honorable James A. Joseph, Johannesburg, key Mission staff included Minister Counselor for Former U.S. Ambassador to Economic Affairs Ann R. Berry, USIS Asst. Press & Information Officer the Republic of South Africa Dick Custin, and economic section officers Jim Loi, Kristen Bauer, Theresa Tierney, and Reginald King; Johannesburg Consul General Sue Ford-Patrick; and Foreign Commercial Service Acting Senior Commercial Officer Nancy Charles Parker and Commercial Specialist M. Luisa Dos Santos. I also would like to thank U.S. Cape Town Consul General April C. Glaspie, USIS Branch Public Affairs Officer Helen B. Picard, and Administrative Officer Thomas Weinz for their Theinvaluable Regional assistance Center for. Southern Africa administers the U.S. Agency for International Development's Regional Telecommunications Restructuring Program (RTRP) for southern Africa. The RTRP has helped to promote Regional Center for Southern Africa, telecommunications policy reform in southern Africa and has been U.S. AID particularly effective in supporting the creation and strengthening of telecommunications regulatory authorities. It also has been the catalyst for information exchanges between southern African nations and U.S. industry to encourage and support U.S.-based investment in the telecom sector in this region. Since early 1999, when she received her current appointment, Ambassador Robinson has participated in discussions with FCC officials The Honorable Kathryn Dee Robinson, about providing technical assistance to the regulator in Ghana. The U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana Ambassador and her Deputy Chief of Mission, Dennise Mathien, have been very helpful in the continuing efforts of FCC staff to work with Ghanaian telecommunications officials in the development area.

Ambassador Brennan and U.S. Mission staff provided substantial The Honorable Martin George Brennan, assistance to FCC staff in Kampala in furtherance of the development U.S. Ambassador to Uganda initiative. Key staff contributing to the success of the program there included Dawn Liveri, Director, USAID, Patrick Fleuret, Deputy Director, USAID33 and Denise Rollins, Program Officer,USAID. Ed Malloy, USAID, Washington Office was also particularly helpful to the Commission’s efforts in Uganda. Connecting the Globe: The Africa Initiative

The Bureau of African Affairs has provided invaluable assistance on The Honorable Susan Rice, various aspects of the Africa Development Initiative. Bureau staff who Assistant Secretary for African Affairs assisted include John Olson (Ghana desk) and Ricardo Zuniga (Uganda U.S. Department of State desk).

Mr. Myers and Mrs. Luanne Grant, Executive Director of AmCham Mr. James P. Myers, South Africa, coordinated the U.S. industry roundtable (see Appendix 10) President, American Chamber of and other important meetings for the FCC team. Commerce, South Africa

Industry Participants The following U.S. and southern African companies provided in-country briefings: SBC/Telkom South Africa; Multichoice/Orbicom Pty, Ltd; GM Selby & Associates; Nortel Networks, S.A.; Lucent; AT&T South Africa; Mascom Cellular (Botswana).

The September 29, 1999 debriefing held on the southern Africa visit was arranged by The Info/Change Foundation, WorldSpace Corporation, and the Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC Africa). See Appendix 13 for a list of attendees.

Note From Chairman William Kennard

I wish to thank in particular the core FCC team working on the rollout of the Africa Development Initiative and this book, including: Ari Fitzgerald of my office; Roderick Porter, Roxanne McElvane, Kathleen Collins, Tracey Weisler, Jacqueline Ponti, Robert Riding, Patrick Boateng and Linda Dubroof of the International Bureau; and Rosemary Kimball and Kenny Bauer of the Office of Public Affairs.