Welcome to the ITU Plenty of Potentially Conference 2018 here in Dubai in the United Hour of Remembrance. We are very pleased to be joining the studio this morning by Nicholas Harry Dousey, who is the Minister for Information and Communication Technologies for Malawi. Minister, welcome to the studio. Thank you. I'd like to start off by talking a little bit about her. There's currently considerable attention being placed on harnessing the power of information and communication technologies for good. What's your personal perspective on this? The personal perspective is that, first of all, Malawi as a country, we have made an endeavour to make sure that the issue of ICT development is taken to high heights because it's now an economic ineblah. It is having in the field of health, education, agriculture, and we are also wanting to make sure that in the countryside, where most of our people live, they have the basic coverage of internet and broadband. So as a country and as a people, government has made a concerted effort to make sure that ICT development benefits all the people in the countries that, including those that are in town. Regarding the government institutions or government institutions now are linked because they govern the network and we are making endeavours to make sure that there is a development. But with extremely important point of that IOU has played a pivotal and protected role in helping Malawi to develop its ICT programs. Now talking about development, this plenty of potentially conference is the first since the world agreed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. I wanted to find out what is Malawi doing in terms of ICTs and sustainable development? Indeed, since they are not a nation established, they are sustainable development goals. This is the first planned potential meeting. And Malawi as a country, what you have done is to think three things. The first one is an issue we have established or we have now a broadband internet week. And then we also are laying down national fiber backbone. We are also making sure that we have access to all schools and that is the idea. But not only that, we have also a vibrant national network coverage with a coordination of network-except providers. So this is becoming an enabler. We are able this time around to find out where to sell their merchandise, where to sell their graduate products. Malawi is by a large and agro-based economy. And in that context then, ICT and internet provision and creation and the established broadband and the length of the national fiber backbone will ease the internet provision of the country. The president of the Department of Professor Peter M. Tarik has encouraged Malawi to make sure that we have taken care of our infrastructure. But at the same time, we also want to assist that of ITU. We want to establish our set of programs so that we have what we call Cybersecurity Program and Electronic Transaction Act. We have put down also acts that will help in making sure that internet provision is not only safe but also confidential and safe for the populace. Now let's talk about the figures that about half the world's population are connected to the internet and half isn't. I wanted to find out, so we talked a little bit of a few points there, but I wanted to find out what is Malawi doing to get everyone connected. Malawi is doing to get everyone connected is that we are now erecting towers and with the new communication Act 2016, which allows both network-proven providers to use one port. If one has erected a tower, that tower can be used by all internet provision, that is a tower or a ten or another internet provision. And with the establishment of Universal Safe Fund, we want to make sure that non-reachable areas, people are able to assist internet provision and network covering. But also there are certain areas where people have no backup out. Using the money transaction, we are able to reach out to people to enjoy the ICD Safe Zone, internet services or to enjoy connectivity. So both money transactions to those and bank people also helps to make sure that we have developed. And as a country and as a people, I think we still have more to go, but we have done and led the groundwork for people to assist network connectivity, bank activities, e-safes, health, education, agriculture, economic infrastructure development. Now in a nutshell, what's been your message here to the participants at this Planet Potentiary Conference? The message from Malawi is simple. Let us, as a world-based global, let us all coordinate and cooperate. Let us make sure that ICD programs are encouraged within the ITU, the master plan. Let us encourage those that have been elected, congratulations for the Secretary and the entire management. And we think that Malawi is going to benefit from the new executive. They have already done a good work to Malawi. We Malawi, as a member state, is proud to be part of ITU. And we believe that the Secretary and his team will continue helping Malawi as a developing country and as a developing economy. And we sincerely thank them for their contribution. We look forward to more contributions from both ITU and Malawi as a country. Nikola Sarri, Deputy Minister of the ICD from Malawi. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much.