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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...

  • Posted February 16, 2020
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  UK plans African cities centre

  The UK is to set up a specialist centre that will help to improve...

  • Posted January 22, 2020
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  Kenya creates Africa’s first national digital ID scheme

  Kenya has just closed registration on the country’s new digital database, creating the first...

  • Posted June 25, 2019
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  South Africa scouts state-backed digital currency

  The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is calling for solutions providers to help it...

  • Posted June 12, 2019
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  Electronic cash registers boost Ethiopia’s tax revenues, finds bank report

  The Ethiopian government’s promotion of electronic tax registers has increased tax takes significantly, a...

  • Posted June 3, 2019
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  Ghana launches Africa’s first national e-procurement system

  Public sector e-procurement is gathering momentum in West Africa, with Ghana in April becoming...

  • Posted May 14, 2019
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  Egypt legislates for digital payments by public bodies and employers

  Egypt is this month implementing a law requiring that most payments to government, and...

  • Posted May 13, 2019
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  Kenyan government to use AI in affordable housing scheme

  The government of Kenya is planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) to help assess...

  • Posted May 1, 2019
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  New digital centre planned for East Africa

  The members of the East Africa Community are planning to establish an Information Access Centre...

  • Posted April 30, 2019
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  Australia forms cross-public sector digital panel to boost COVID-19 response

  The Australian government has formed a group of ministers drawn from federal and state...

  • Posted May 22, 2020
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  Role of No10 permanent secretary returns after eight-year gap

  Simon Case, former principal private secretary to Theresa May and private secretary to Prince...

  • Posted May 22, 2020
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  Top Australian former officials blast country’s ‘failure’ on climate change

  Former Australian civil service leaders have condemned successive governments’ failure to tackle climate change,...

  • Posted May 20, 2020
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  Trump fires State Department watchdog running Pompeo investigation

  A State Department inspector general believed to be investigating secretary of state Mike Pompeo...

  • Posted May 19, 2020
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  May and Johnson failed to protect civil servants from Brexit-related attacks, says think tank

  UK PMs Theresa May and Boris Johnson failed to defend civil servants whose impartiality...

  • Posted May 18, 2020
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