Minister for Post, Telecom and Technology, H. E. Abdi Ashur Hassan, has officially closed the third conference for Somali Network Operators Group (SomNOG 3), which brought together decision makers and professionals from private sector, academia, and government.
Abdiqani Jama, ICT Regulations Expert; Dr Abdirisaq Dalmar, Vice President for Somali Research & Education Network; and Abdulkadir Kadle, SomNET manager, highlighted the development Somalia made in the ICT sector in the past two decades, commending the efforts made by the private sector, academia, IT professionals and the government in this field.
Organizers applauded the Ministry for implementing some of the recommendations from SomNOG 2, in which speakers demanded for the establishment of communications regulator and Internet Exchange Point – which are functional – and urged the Minister to keep this momentum in reforming the sector.
Minister Abdi Ashur Hassan thanked the organizers for inviting him to this conference for the second year in row, adding the Ministry is impressed with the growing enthusiasm among the youth in ICT.