1. Slide 1 EC-DC © 2000 - ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). All Rights Reserved. AFRINET2000 The Africa Internet Summit & Exhibition Abuja, Nigeria 18-22 September, 2000 Alexander NTOKO Project Manager, ITU Electronic Commerce ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) Email: ntoko@itu.int Web: http://www.itu.int/ecdc ITU Electronic Commerce For Developing Countries (EC-DC)

2. Slide 2 EC-DC © 2000 - ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). All Rights Reserved. Agenda The Agenda A B2B Technology Strategy for Developing Countries Problems The Problems The Requirements The Strategy The Technology The Solutions The Framework The Status

3. Slide 3 EC-DC © 2000 - ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). All Rights Reserved. The Problems Poor and Expensive ICT infrastructure E-Payment Absence of E-Security, E-Payment and E-Trust Services to Local Businesses High Access Cost for E-Business Technologies Rapidly Evolving. No Single Entity Holding All the Answers to Puzzle - Alliances Are KEY + Several Others Beyond Scope of Presentation

4. Slide 4 EC-DC © 2000 - ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). All Rights Reserved. The Strategy Initially Target Business Sectors With Partners in Industrialized Countries Form Local, National and Regional Cooperatives Then Forge Alliances Strategic Partners Separate e-Payments, e-Security and e-Trust Components - Asymmetrical Shared Model To Reduce Entry Cost, Use as Much as Possible Existing Infrastructures and Services to Build Generic, Scaleable and Multi-platform Solutions

5. Slide 5 EC-DC © 2000 - ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). All Rights Reserved. The Technology Public Key Infrastructure (PKIX) - The set of hardware, software, people and procedures needed to create, manage, store, distribute and revoke certificates based on public-key cryptography. Public-Key Virtual Private Networks ITU-T X.509 Digital (Identity) Certificates Software and Hardware Authentication Certification and Registration Authorities Attribute and Validation Authorities (OCSP,CLR) Multi-Platform E-Business Portal Technology

6. Slide 6 EC-DC © 2000 - ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). All Rights Reserved. Components of PKI-based solution

7. Slide 7 EC-DC © 2000 - ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). All Rights Reserved. The Solutions PKI can be used as Technology for E-business and other services in developing countries to provide: Multi-platform, generic and scalable services Generic and multi-purpose e-payments Strong security and verifiable chain of trust Asymmetrical component-based services

8. Slide 8 EC-DC © 2000 - ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). All Rights Reserved. The Framework Assist in Building the E-business Infrastructure Build Local Capacity in E-business Technologies Address E-business Policy and Regulatory Issues Neutral and Non-Exclusive Alliances with Industry ITU Electronic Commerce For Developing Countries (EC-DC)

9. Slide 9 EC-DC © 2000 - ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). All Rights Reserved. The Status Launched at the ITU WTDC in Malta - March 1998. Activities in capacity building, policies and strategies. More than $5 million already invested by industry partners. Participation of several ICT companies - Oracle, Baltimore, MCI Worldcom, NCP, Celo, ValiCert, Entegrity, Vitress, HP, Datamatics, WISeKey, Rainbow, WTC,... Service roll-out for 101 countries (25 from Africa) and more than 170 organizations scheduled for 2001. One of the largest deployment of e-business infrastructure.