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GIIC and UNECA to hold high-level symposium in Ethiopia on private and public sector partnership in building the African information society
(1997-05)
The Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are hosting a high-level symposium to strengthen private and public sector partnership in the implementation ...
Eastern African telecommunications ministers, experts and private sector reps to discuss internet development
(1997-10)
It is one of a series of sub-regional seminars planned under the UNDP's Internet Initiative for Africa (IIA), a multi-million dollars, three-year project aimed at establishing Internet services and enhancing those currently ...
ECOWAS ICT ministers adopt ECA developed legislative Acts on cyber crime and personal data protection
(2008-10)
ECOWAS and ECA signed in 2004, a Memorandum of Understanding that includes collaboration on the development of an ECOWAS strategic medium term plan on the Information Society. In this context, ECA commissioned two studies ...
Knowledge is the new global asset, the very premise of progress
(1999-10)
Information and communication technologies are not a luxury, but rather a tool for economic and social development. experts from governments, the private sector, civil society, bilateral and multilateral organizations from ...
African development forum to focus on globalization and the information age
(1999-10)
Africa’s innovators converge on Addis Ababa to showcase how they are entering the global information age and using IT to ‘leapfrog’ some key development challenges .The Forum is being convened under the theme "The Challenge ...
Approfondir l'innovation au Rwanda
(2013-04)
Le Fonds de Garantie pour l’Innovation au Rwanda (RIEF) va bientôt accorder des subventions aux 10 meilleurs jeunes entrepreneurs portant de projets innovants localement applicables qui stimulent la transformation ...
The first innovation prize for Africa to be awarded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(2012-03)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) are delighted to announce the establishment of the African Innovation Prize worth USD 100,000 for the winner and USD 50,000 ...
Africa preparatory meeting global geospatial information management concludes with the adoption of the Addis Ababa declaration
(2011-08)
The African preparatory meeting on the Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM) closed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Wednesday 10 August with the adoption of the Addis Ababa declaration on geospatial information management ...