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23 June 2020
http://epaper.chinadaily.com.cn
Single online platform helps countries on continent to buy medical supplies
Despite the rapidly increasing cases of coronavirus in Africa, the continent is fully committed to mitigating the devastating impacts of the pandemic through unified continental initiatives.
23 June 2020
https://allafrica.com
A four-day leaders forum hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) opened Tuesday with Rwandan President Paul Kagame saying Africa and the United States will remain key trade and investment partners post the crippling coronavirus pandemic.
23 June 2020
https://www.burkinademain.com/
«Avec cette plate-forme, nous avons la possibilité d’atteindre entre 600 millions et 800 millions d’abonnés mobiles en Afrique », déclare Vera Songwe, Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), lors du lancement virtuel de la Plate-forme africaine de communication et d’information pour la santé et l’action économique (ACIP), le 23 juin 2020 à Addis Abeba, en Ethiopie....
23 June 2020
https://www.aci.cg/
Le ministre des postes, des télécommunications et de l’économie numérique, M. Léon Juste Ibombo, a procédé le 23 juin à Brazzaville au lancement virtuel de la plateforme africaine de communication et d’information (Acip) pour la santé et l’action économique, en vue d’atténuer l’impact sanitaire et économique de la Covid-19, placé sous le haut patronage du Président de la République, M. Denis...
23 June 2020
https://news.itu.int
I want to congratulate Dr. Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, and all the different partners, on the creation of a platform that will reach hundreds of millions of devices and people in Africa.
23 June 2020
https://allafrica.com
"With this platform, we have the possibility of reaching between 600 million and 800 million mobile subscribers in Africa," said Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), during the virtual launch of the Africa Communication and Information Platform for Health and Economic Action (ACIP) on 23 June 2020.
23 June 2020
https://www.burkinademain.com
«Avec cette plate-forme, nous avons la possibilité d’atteindre entre 600 millions et 800 millions d’abonnés mobiles en Afrique », déclare Vera Songwe, Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), lors du lancement virtuel de la Plate-forme africaine de communication et d’information pour la santé et l’action économique (ACIP), le 23 juin 2020 à Addis Abeba, en Ethiopie....
22 June 2020
http://conjonctureseconomiques.com
La Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) procède, ce 23 juin 2020, au lancement virtuel d’une plateforme africaine d’informations sur les communications (ACIP), pour la santé et l’action économique.
22 June 2020
https://www.theguardian.com
African countries have pulled together to set up a one-stop shop to give the continent a fairer chance in the international scramble for Covid-19 test kits, protective equipment and any vaccines that emerge.
20 June 2020
https://www.socialnetlink.org
Les plateformes d’information ont un rôle capital dans la lutte contre la pandémie. C’est pourquoi la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) annonce le lancement d’une plateforme d’information qui va fournir des conseils de santé publique sur la pandémie de Covid-19 à plus de 600 millions d’usagers du téléphonie mobile.
20 June 2020
https://www.vanguardngr.com
We have been presented the opportunity to reimagine and redesign our society into a vibrant and equitable one COVID-19 has unearthed massive inequalities within our societies and brought to glaring light the unique burdens that women carry the world over.
19 June 2020
http://reussirbusiness.com
La Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) Mme Vera Songwe, a souligné l’urgence pour l’Afrique ‘’d’agir rapidement’ ’pour résoudre les problèmes d’Internet paralysants à travers le continent.
19 June 2020
https://sdg.iisd.org
A group of 22 senior leaders in the UN who are African or of African descent have signed, in their personal capacities, a statement that expresses their outrage at pervasive and systemic racism, and emphasizes the need to go beyond just offering condemnation.
19 June 2020
https://realnewsmagazine.net
“COVID-19 has enabled us to explore new platforms and ways of identifying people,” said Vera Songwe, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, ECA, who suggested that digital platforms such as Facebook, Google could help “change the way we do censuses, identify, and locate people.”
19 June 2020
https://www.news24.com
African leaders have lauded the launch of the continent's first medical supplies platform as the "jewel in the crown of Pan-African cooperation".
19 June 2020
https://thenationonlineng.net
FOUR global women leaders have urged African leaders to use the opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic to reimagine and redesign the continent into a vibrant and equitable one.
18 June 2020
www.ghanaweb.com
Science, technology and innovation will be at the heart of Africa’s recovery from the devastating coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the continent’s ability to create sustainable jobs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, has said.
18 June 2020
http://rnanews.com
Combattre efficacement la pandémie de coronavirus en cours afin de garantir que l’Afrique renoue avec la croissance et rebâtisse plus solide après le COVID-19 requiert une audace jamais vue sur le continent, déclare Vera Songwe, Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA).
18 June 2020
www.africanews.com
Tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic effectively to ensure Africa grows back and builds back better in the aftermath of COVID-19 requires boldness never before seen on the continent, says Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
18 June 2020
https://ethiopianmonitor.com
Tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic effectively to ensure Africa grows back and builds back better in the aftermath of COVID-19 requires boldness never before seen on the continent, says head of UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
18 June 2020
https://www.fraternitebj.info
Aucun secteur n’est épargné par les conséquences de la Covid-19. Dr Béranger Avohouémè, Socio-anthropologue du foncier rural, chercheur à l’Université d’Abomey-Calavi analyse les perturbations potentielles. Le Directeur de l’Institut Terre d’Afrique (ITA) craint une forme de thésaurisation des terres.
‘Certain narratives were exposed’ in national ID systems, development experts tell ID4Africa webinar
18 June 2020
https://www.biometricupdate.com
Universal digital identity coverage could be achieved within the next two years, if shifts in political will and recognition of the mission’s importance are harnessed, according to an expert perspective shared during the latest ID4Africa webinar.
18 June 2020
https://www.africanews.com
Tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic effectively to ensure Africa grows back and builds back better in the aftermath of COVID-19 requires boldness never before seen on the continent, says Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
18 June 2020
https://www.busiweek.com
COVID 19 has unearthed massive inequalities within our societies and brought to glaring light the unique burdens which women carry the world over. Allocation of response resources should be targeted towards the immediate needs of managing the virus as well as future-looking to simultaneously dismantle the structural, systemic barriers which reinforce inequality and disenfranchisement. We have...
18 June 2020
http://www.transafricaradio.net
Tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic effectively to ensure Africa grows back and builds back better in the aftermath of COVID-19 requires boldness never before seen on the continent, says Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).