We are holding this writing competition to spur writers from the East and Southern African region to share their perspectives on the issues and initiate discussion and debate.

• Eligible participants must be from countries that fall within the CIPESA mandate .
  
• Participants are invited to submit 2-3 page articles on one of the themes listed below.
• Our panel of judges will select 5 winners.
• The winners' article will be edited by a CIPESA staff member who will work with the author to fine-tune the piece, and the final
• commentary will be published on the CIPESA website and newslist by the end of the year.
• In addition to publication, the 5 winners will receive a $100 cash prize.

Deadline for submissions is 15 October 2005.
Winners will be announced 30 October 2005.

See the full announcement describing the competition.

Discussion list / blog

CIPESA aims to stimulate discussion between African stakeholders on international ICT policy issues. The CIPESA discussion list/blog will be the platform by which African stakeholders can engage with one another, raise and debate topics of interest, and share lessons learned and information about policies or projects undertaken. The objectives include preventing duplication of effort; forming partnerships across sectors; and raising the bar of African participation in international ICT policy processes.