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Experts meet on new technologies for Africa's transformation
(2014-08)
A Senior Experts Dialogue (SED), themed “Science, Technology and Innovation and the African Transformation Agenda: Making New Technologies work for Africa’s Transformation”, was held in Abuja, Nigeria, from 21-22 July 2014. ...
Media workshop debates challenges of science communication in East Africa
(2012-09)
Journalists attending a two-day workshop in Addis Ababa, jointly organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the African Union ...
Nigeria to host level policy dialogue on science, technology & innovation and the African transformation agenda
(2014-02)
The UN Economic Commission for Africa in collaboration with the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria through the Ministry of Communications Technology (FMCT), and Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST) will ...
ECA official urges Africa to adopt single development framework
(2012-10)
A senior official of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has urged governments and development planners in Africa to establish a single development framework on the continent to avoid duplication and waste of ...
NEPAD lance le système d'information virtuel PIDA
(2013-05)
La 47e réunion du Comité de pilotage du NEPAD a débuté le 23 mai 2013 à Addis-Abeba, avec la démonstration d'une base de données sur le Programme de développement des infrastructures en Afrique (PIDA). Le Centre d'Information ...
ECA's ASKIA initiative show: cased at libraries summit
(2012-09)
A pioneering initiative by the ICT, Science and Technology Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa was presented to the First African Public Libraries Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa last week, ...
Youth from Ethiopia, Senegal and Cape Verde to present results of their ICT based innovations
(2012-05)
Five African fellows from Cape Verde, Ethiopia and Senegal were selected to develop an innovative ICT-based application that would respond to particular needs of their communities and remain commercially viable and ...
African media get to grips with geospatial science
(2012-09)
Media professionals endorsed today, the establishment of the African Forum for Geospatial Information systems. The conclusion followed two days of training aimed at improving the quality of geoinformation, Geospatial Science ...
Experts urge East African journalists to make science a priority for development
(2012-09)
Over 30 reporters and editors from East Africa have gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a two-day workshop to discuss ways of better reporting science, technology and innovation for development and promote networking ...
Africa making progress in using STI to achieve SDGs but more still needs to be done
(2019)
The Africa Regional Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Forum was one of the pre-events of the fifth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD 5) that took place Tuesday at the Palais des ...