Southern Africa Community of Practice

Sub-regional group

Southern Africa Community of Practice

The regulators of Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, chaired by CRASA and co-chaired by MACRA (Malawi).

BotswanaMalawiZambiaZimbabwe

Members

Communications Regulators’ Association of Southern AfricaChair
MalawiCo-chairBotswanaZambiaZimbabwe

Your tasks before Brussels

Now

Read the three drafts

Three short texts to be negotiated and adopted in Brussels. They are starting points, not texts to sign. OUTPUT/2 follows by 9 November.

By the date your chair sets

Send your answers to your CoP chair

Answer the questions in the drafts for your authority, individually, in English or French, with ITU in copy. No country figures are needed.

Send to CRASA: skiroga@crasa.org, ITU in copy
26 November to 3 December

Your CoP’s position, then Brussels

Your regional association holds a meeting of the CoP members, where you agree one common position; the chair sends it to ITU by 26 November. ITU merges the three positions and publishes the consolidated drafts on 27 November. In Brussels, three days of discussion lead to adoption on 3 December.

From three groups to one Regional Community

2026: three groupsWest Africa CoPchair WATRA, co-chair ARCEPBenin, Burundi, Côte d’IvoireEast Africa CoPchair EACO, co-chair NCCEthiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, UgandaSouthern Africa CoPchair CRASA, co-chair MACRABotswana, Malawi, Zambia, ZimbabweFrom 2027: one Regional Community of PracticeMembersthe 11 regulators, with WATRA, EACO and CRASAChairrotates between the associations, as the Charter setsWorkthe Work Programme 2027-2028, by consensusSecretariatITU until the end of 2028, then to be decided

Contacts

Southern Africa CoP

Chair Shukya Kiroga CRASAskiroga@crasa.org
Co-chair Patrick Musiyapo MACRApatrick.musiyapo@macra.mw

Secretariat, ITU

Project Manager Dana Jon Kamasondanajon.kamason@itu.int
Project Officer Elind Sulminaelind.sulmina@itu.int
Capacity & Knowledge Coordinator Patricia Schlageterpatricia.schlageter@itu.int