The African Regional Preparatory Conference for the WSIS,in Accra, with the theme “Access – Africa’s key to an inclusive Information Society” will prepare Africa for an effective participation in the second phase of the WSIS to ensure a strategic and interdependent digital partnership that will promote economic growth and human development of the continent. The conference will bring together all stakeholders, ranging from Government to civil society, the private sector and academia, parliamentarians, local authorities, African regional institutions, development partners and international organizations.