{"id":1027,"date":"2024-10-23T07:58:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T05:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/au-pida.org\/events\/event\/digital-infrastructure-for-africa\/"},"modified":"2024-11-23T18:54:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T16:54:06","slug":"digital-infrastructure-for-africa","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/au-pida.org\/events\/event\/digital-infrastructure-for-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Session 1A: Digital Infrastructure for Africa: Powering Jobs and Growth Across the Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

The session discusses actionable policies to accelerate Africa\u2019s digital infrastructure development through regional collaboration. It will focus on critical digital infrastructure to foster job creation and economic growth and address the needs of Africa\u2019s growing population. It will also explore how digital infrastructure can support climate resilience by leveraging sustainable energy solutions with an emphasis on cross-border cooperation.<\/p>\n

Organiser:<\/strong> World Bank<\/p>\n

Moderator:<\/strong> Boutheina Guermazi, WB Director Africa Regional Integration<\/p>\n

Speakers: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Soumya Banerjee, Manager, IFC – online<\/li>\n
  2. Mahmoud Badawi, the Advisor to the Minister on Digital Transformation<\/li>\n
  3. Mohamed Moctar HASNI, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Digital Transition and Modernization<\/li>\n
  4. Waleed Hamdi, Head of Information Society Division, Infrastructure and Energy Department, African Union Commission, AUC<\/li>\n
  5. Dr Zelalem Assefa – CEO for ICT and Digital Education and Director of Ethiopia<\/li>\n
  6. Riham Moawad, Senior Advisor for Digital Transformation, Ministry for Digital Transformation and Infrastructure\u2014Online<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Zoom Link:<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_reEpKigvTNmRMuMQoGbvTw\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The session discusses actionable policies to accelerate Africa\u2019s digital infrastructure development through regional collaboration. It will focus on critical digital infrastructure to foster job creation and economic growth and address the needs of Africa\u2019s growing population. It will also explore how digital infrastructure can support climate resilience by leveraging sustainable energy solutions with an emphasis on cross-border cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[60,59,61],"tribe_events_cat":[56,38,33,53,44,48,58,54],"class_list":["post-1027","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tag-africa","tag-infrastructure","tag-pida","tribe_events_cat-development-partners","tribe_events_cat-digital-infrastructure","tribe_events_cat-high-level-vip-ministerial-sessions","tribe_events_cat-ministerial-high-level","tribe_events_cat-morning-sessions-900-1300","tribe_events_cat-multi-purpose-hall","tribe_events_cat-pida-week","tribe_events_cat-technical-experts","cat_development-partners","cat_digital-infrastructure","cat_high-level-vip-ministerial-sessions","cat_ministerial-high-level","cat_morning-sessions-900-1300","cat_multi-purpose-hall","cat_pida-week","cat_technical-experts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/au-pida.org\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/au-pida.org\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/au-pida.org\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/au-pida.org\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/au-pida.org\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1027"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/au-pida.org\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2529,"href":"https:\/\/au-pida.org\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1027\/revisions\/2529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/au-pida.org\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/au-pida.org\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1027"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/au-pida.org\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=1027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}