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NEWS RELEASE For immediate release The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is pleased to announce the successful presentation of the Amateur Radio Administration Course (ARAC) in Nairobi, Kenya, 9-13 December 2002, to a class of 22 telecommunications officials from English-speaking African countries. The ARAC was conducted jointly by IARU and the African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI). Support for the course was provided by the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Development Bureau (ITU-D), the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK).
Students were from administrations and telecommunications operators from Ghana, Kenya, Sudan and Zambia. Presenters were Paul Rinaldo, W4RI for IARU, Mohamed K. Noorani of AFRALTI and Gideon Mwakatobe of ATU. AFRALTI Director Edward Mallango participated in the opening ceremony and ATU Secretary General Jan Mutai officiated at the closing ceremony. Amateur Radio Society of Kenya (ARSK) Chairman E H M (Ted) Alleyne, 5Z4NU, set up an HF station at the training site.
"The presentation of the course in Nairobi was made possible by a strong sense of partnership that exists between ITU, ATU, and IARU," said IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ. "IARU President Larry Price, W4RA, has assigned a high priority to the development of Amateur Radio in Africa. We are most gratified that ITU-D Director Hamadoun Touré as well as ATU Secretary General Mutai and his colleagues in Nairobi share our conviction that Amateur Radio can contribute to human resource development for the improvement of telecommunications in Africa."
The ARAC included instruction in subjects such as the ITU, Radio Regulations, spectrum management, the IARU, domestic and international regulations, Amateur Radio operations and technology, disaster communications and the Amateur-Satellite Service.
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