At the bilateral talks with Minister Nyanda, Chairman Choi began by saying, "Korean WiBro, DMB technology and products are world-class. And I hope that Korea's technological development experiences contribute and are adopted in South Africa."
Minister Nyanda hopes to strengthen cooperation with Korea to promote the digital transition as South Africa has a lack of trained ICT personnel in the electronics industry. Chairman Choi answered that Korea invites them for training and to provide ICT professionals and he said that professionals in South Africa would also be invited.
This ICT ministerial meeting, the first time for two local broadcast communications since the '04 MOU agreement between the two countries, is expected to contribute to cooperation significantly.
Also at the forum making it a great success, were more than 200 ICT professionals from South Africa. This is showing the great interest of South Africa in ICT technology of Korea.
The event is intended to strengthen the entering of domestic broadcasting and telecommunications services to Africa, where it is emerging as a growth engine.
In particular, South Africa is the second largest country after Nigeria, in Africa. Their GDP accounts for 25 percent of the whole of Africa. Therefore, this kind of cooperation with South Africa can be a bridgehead for advancing into Africa for Korean companies.
Meanwhile, KISA (Korea Information Security Agency) and SACF (South African Communication Forum) concluded the MOU and SATA (Southern Africa Telecommunications Association) and KTOA (Korea Telecommunications Operators Association) also signed an MOU. In the near future, active cooperation with South Africa Broadcast Communications and related agencies are expected to be conducted, too.
After the event Chairman Choi had a meeting with domestic companies with a presence in South Africa to listen the difficulties of companies and encourage their efforts.
SOURCE: KCC