Country: Rwanda
Email: mseck[at]uneca.org
Website:

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LinkedIn:    [Mactar Seck Mactar Seck]

Mactar Seck is an EAO-Economic Affairs Officer at SRO-EA.[1] He is a senior researcher. He researched on image compression systems and developed one. He was appointed the executive secretary of the Supreme Council of Industry of Senegal in 1998.[2]

Career History edit

Mactar has worked in Engineer and design group TDF-C2R, France Telecom (France) in 1991-1993. He was a Researcher at Sonatel (National Telecommunications Company of Senegal) in 1994-1995. He remained Head of Forecasting and Innovation SONATEL 1995-1996. Through 1996 to 1998 he was the Head of the Department of Teleservices SONATEL. He is the main rapporteur for ITU-D.[3]

Memberships edit

He is an executive member of The e-Africa Commission.[4] He is a member of a yahoo group named nici3secretariat.[5] He is also Member of the Board ADF (African Development Forum) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).[6]

Events edit

Mactar's participation in almost every event related to African internet development can be observed very easily. He attended workshops rela ted to information society in rwanda on 18-19 May, 2006 in kigali.[7] He participates in a summit of leaders interested in ICT development in Africa held in Kigali on 29-30 October 2007.[8] Mactar participated in ICANN meeting in 2008 held in Paris.[9] He took part in The Second Science with Africa Conference.[10] Recent meetings and conferences he was present in, are:

  • UNECA meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on 25-26 October 2010.[11]
  • EAIGF conference
 on 11 August,

 2010.[12]
  • Meetin on the validation of the African charter on statistics in Kigali, Rwanda on 4–6 JUNE, 2007.[13]
  • United Nations Regional Commissions Open Forum on 14 November, 2007.[14]
  • Workshop Study Tour on Transport and trade Facilitation and Promotion of Intra-African Trade held on 28-30 April 2010 in Dar Es Salam, Tanzania.[15]
  • Meeting of the EAC task force on cyber laws held on 28-30 March 2011 in Mombasa, Kenya.[16]
  • Plenipotentiary Conference 2002.[17]

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