All posts tagged "Africa"

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  Rwandan government launches AI centre to boost technological innovation

  Rwanda has created a centre dedicated to the development of artificial intelligence to help create “faster, more agile approaches” to using the use of emerging technologies by government. The centre

  • Posted April 12, 2022
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  Nigeria to ban unvaccinated civil servants from their offices

  Civil servants in Nigeria will not be allowed into their offices unless they can prove they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 or show a negative test for the disease, the country’s

  • Posted October 15, 2021
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  International GovTech maturity “lower than expected”, says World Bank

  Despite increasing investment across the world, GovTech maturity is “lower than expected” in most countries and digital citizen engagement lacking, research from the World Bank has found. While most governments

  • Posted September 22, 2021
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  USA tops AI readiness index

  The USA has been named as the country best prepared to realise the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in public service delivery, topping the 2020 Government AI Readiness Index.

  • Posted September 30, 2020
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  Amidst the pandemic, African statistics are better than you think

  Africa’s statisticians have done a remarkable job of gathering data on the pandemic, say Ghana’s chief statistician and the head of PARIS21. With more funding, they could go much further

  • Posted September 29, 2020
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  Digital finance crucial to achieving sustainable development goals, says UN

  Unleashing the potential of digital finance could have a transformational impact on sustainable development, according to a report from a taskforce convened by the United Nations’ secretary-general. ‘People’s Money: Harnessing

  • Posted September 11, 2020
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  South African president condemns COVID procurements corruption

  South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned corruption in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party related to the procurement of COVID-19 equipment, and suggested addressing the problem through transparency,

  • Posted August 28, 2020
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  Crisis response: an interview with Sir Suma Chakrabarti

  Suma Chakrabarti, the former UK permanent secretary and EBRD chief, sees opportunities as well as risks amidst the COVID crisis; but western governments, he warns, are fumbling their response. Matt

  • Posted August 27, 2020
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  Former world leaders call for G20 to coordinate corona response

  In an open letter to G20 leaders, 92 former presidents and prime ministers have urged coordinated global leadership in the fight against coronavirus. “We are writing to call for immediate

  • Posted April 8, 2020
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  Zimbabwean officials warned to register biometrics or lose pay

  Civil servants in Zimbabwe have until the end of the month to register their biometric details or risk losing their pay, the government has said. In a statement released earlier this week,

  • Posted February 16, 2020
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