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15 August 2019
WTO AND UPU – CROSS-BORDER TRADE
Discover the seminar and workshop at Parcel+Post Expo this year, including: Defining the parcel locker Technology and lockers Paul Donohoe, Manager Digital Economy & Trade...
14 August 2019
ITU – High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) — bringing connectivity to all
As emerging economies around the world focus on digital transformation as a path toward socioeconomic empowerment, bringing connectivity to all is increasingly critical. Nearly half...
12 August 2019
ITU – Empowering girls to code for a bright and promising future
African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI) is a four-year programme designed to train young girls to become programmers and ICT creators, and encourage further education and...
8 August 2019
ISOC – Working Together for an Internet for Women
How can we get more girls and young women involved in the Internet? Since 2017, the Internet Society’s Women SIG has developed global actions to...
5 August 2019
AfDB – From youth empowerment to youth investment: the Jobs for Youth in Africa strategy
Africa’s greatest asset is its young people. However, without harnessing their potential and equipping them with skills of the future, restless, hungry, unemployed young people...
2 August 2019
UNCTAD – Iraq sets sights on e-commerce opportunities
Years of conflict have ravaged Iraq’s economy and infrastructure. As it struggles to rebuild, the country is keen on tapping e-commerce’s potential. Iraq is laying...
2 August 2019
The World Bank – The Future of Work in Africa: The Roles of Skills, Informality, and Social Protection in Unleashing the Promise of Digital Technologies for All
As developing countries brace for technological advances and other disruptions arising from climate shocks, fragility, economic integration and population transitions that will fundamentally transform...
2 August 2019
ITU digital gender champion becomes leading AI service provider
By Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest tickets in the ICT space right now – and...
