Sixth, I must say that I am impressed with the level of talent in this Forum. We have here leaders in so many fields who clearly are the hope of tomorrow's Africa. I heard very little about how we are only in this for profit, or only in this for hardware. Our work together is a chance to help hasten the day when the intelligent ICT community has more of a role in shaping society. I think we learn from each other about how to improve the process of policy creation so that it also imbeds within it the process of policy consensus.
Some initiatives are low risk, low reward.
I already feel that the Forum is a high reward enterprise. The reward is in finding better ways to discuss policies and to stimulate national actions. I am pleased that so many of you have taken the time to tell me about what this Forum has meant in your own thinking and planned actions. This, like ICT, is a fundamental issue facing Africa. He referred to the problem of orphans caused by the death of AIDS victims.