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6 April 2020
ITC – Ugandan start-ups part of the solution during COVID-19
Start-ups in Uganda are developing innovative products to help consumers and businesses survive during COVID-19 Being locked at home with borders sealed, seeing transport halted...
6 April 2020
UNCTAD – Coronavirus reveals need to bridge the digital divide
The coronavirus speeds up the transition to a digital economy while exposing the digital gap between countries and societies. The global crisis brought on by...
3 April 2020
IDB – 2020 Call for Proposals
Announcement In response to the exceptional circumstances that the world and Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing, the 2020 Call for Proposals under the...
3 April 2020
ITU – Special emergency session of the Broadband Commission pushes for action to extend internet access and boost capacity to fight COVID-19
UN advisory body sets out an Agenda for Action to ensure the networks the whole world is now relying on are robust, resilient and within...
2 April 2020
WTO – ICC, WTO heads urge business dialogue to inform response to trade fallout from COVID-19
WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo and International Chamber of Commerce Secretary-General John Denton issued on 2 April a joint statement calling for more dialogue with...
2 April 2020
ITC – Op-ed: The cost of coronavirus in Africa: What measures can leaders take?
by Dorothy Tembo, ITC Executive Director ad interim With the novel coronavirus COVID-19 having reached the African continent, countries are getting ready to manage the...
1 April 2020
EIF – Covid-19, Least developed countries and financial support
What are international institutions pledging in the wake of the pandemic? The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a humanitarian disaster. Expectedly, its effects...
1 April 2020
ESCAP – Digital Resilience against COVID-19
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has been causing cascading economic and social stress across the world. The production of goods and services has decreased in...
