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25 November 2018
www.digitalbusiness.africa
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) et le Réseau Omidyar ont annoncé le 18 novembre 2018 la création d’un partenariat visant à établir des systèmes d’Identité numérique légale en Afrique. Ce partenariat devrait contribuer au soutien de la CEA à la plate-forme d’identité numérique de l’Afrique de la Commission de l’Union africaine. Le soutien du Réseau Omidyar contribuera également à la...
25 November 2018
www.ft.com
A recent warning by the IMF about rising debt levels in low-income countries has raised questions about the extent to which debt distress is due to lending by China.
24 November 2018
www.thisdaylive.com
Africa is growing, but not fast enough. In order for more than 400 million Africans to rise out of poverty, continued economic growth across Africa’s 54 nations will have to increase an average of 7 percent annually or more. One strong engine for growth is trade. But when it comes to trade, Africa is the least integrated region in the world, where intra-African exports were 18 per cent of total...
23 November 2018
www.africa.com
Following the unveiling of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in Kigali, Rwanda, in March 2018, Africa is about to become the world’s largest free trade area: 55 countries merging into a single market of 1.2 billion people with a combined GDP of $2.5 trillion.
21 November 2018
www.politicalanalysis.co.za
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Omidyar Network have announced a partnership to establish legal digital identities in Africa.
21 November 2018
https://newbusinessethiopia.com
Members of the High-Level Panel on Migration in Africa (HLPM) met in Addis Ababa this week to review a report that aims to buttress ongoing migration and human mobility policy agenda in Africa.
21 November 2018
www.nan.ng
Migration and human mobility policy agenda in Africa was the main focus of the High-Level Panel that met in Addis Ababa this week.
21 November 2018
www.afro105fm.com
Members of the High-Level Panel on Migration in Africa have reviewed a report that aims to buttress ongoing migration and human mobility policy agenda in Africa. The report was commissioned by African heads of state and government and drafted by the High-Level Panel on Migration technical team.
21 November 2018
allafrica.com
Addis Ababa, 19 November 2018 (ECA) - Members of the High-Level Panel on Migration in Africa (HLPM) met in Addis Ababa on 19 November to review a report that aims to buttress ongoing migration and human mobility policy agenda in Africa.
21 November 2018
maliactu.info
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) et le Réseau Omidyar ont annoncé la création d’un partenariat visant à établir des systèmes d’Identité numérique légale en Afrique.
21 November 2018
www.ataturquie.fr
De plus en plus de puissances émergentes investissent le marché africain, aux débouchés prometteurs. Les États-Unis et l’Europe tentent de revenir dans le jeu, alors que les pays africains jouent de cette concurrence inédite pour accélérer leur développement.
20 November 2018
www.xinhuanet.com
An estimated 500 million people in Africa have no official identification (ID) as the lack of robust identification has contributed to marginalization and exclusion of millions of Africans, according to the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
20 November 2018
http://swahili.cri.cn
Kamisheni ya kiuchumi kwa Afrika ya Umoja wa Mataifa ECA imesema watu wapatao milioni 500 barani Afrika hawana vitambulisho rasmi (ID), hali inayochangia kuachwa nyuma kwa mamilioni ya waafrika.
20 November 2018
www.prensa-latina.cu
Al menos 500 millones de personas en este continente carecen de identificación oficial (ID), lo cual contribuye a la marginación y la ineficacia de políticas sociales, consideró hoy la Comisión Económica de Naciones Unidas para África (ECA).
20 November 2018
www.ghananewsagency.org
20 November 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
An estimated 500 million people in Africa have no official identification (ID), a situation that is contributing to marginalisation and exclusion of millions of Africans, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has noted.
20 November 2018
www.journalducameroun.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Omidyar Network have announced a partnership to establish legal digital identities in Africa.The partnership will go towards ECA’s support to the African Union Commission Digital Identity Platform for Africa.
20 November 2018
http://apanews.net/
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Omidyar Network have announced a partnership to establish legal digital identities in Africa.
20 November 2018
www.l-integration.com
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) et le Réseau Omidyar ont annoncé la création d’un partenariat visant à établir des systèmes d’Identité numérique légale en Afrique ce 18 Novembre 2018 à Addis-Abeba(Ethiopie). Ce partenariat, contribuera au soutien de la CEA à la plate-forme d’identité numérique de l’Afrique de la Commission de l’Union africaine. Le soutien du Réseau Omidyar...
20 November 2018
www.lejecom.com
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) et le Réseau Omidyar ont annoncé la création d’un partenariat visant à établir des systèmes d’Identité numérique légale en Afrique. Ce partenariat, contribuera au soutien de la CEA à la plate-forme d’identité numérique de l’Afrique de la Commission de l’Union africaine. Le soutien du Réseau Omidyar contribuera également à la création d’un centre d’...
19 November 2018
http://french.peopledaily.com.cn
Le Premier ministre éthiopien Abiy Ahmed a déclaré dimanche que l'identité numérique était vitale pour mettre en œuvre le Programme de développement durable à l'horizon 2030 des Nations Unies et l'Agenda 2063 de l'Union africaine (UA).
19 November 2018
www.politicalanalysis.co.za
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) will on Sunday convene a high-level meeting on the need for Africa to embark on a digital identification drive.
19 November 2018
www.lanationbenin.info
Le ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération, Aurélien Agbénonci, a pris part à la 11e session extraordinaire des chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement de l’Union africaine qui s’est tenue les 17 et 18 novembre 2018 à Addis-Abeba en Ethiopie.
19 November 2018
https://newbusinessethiopia.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Omidyar Foundation have announced a partnership to establish legal digital identities in Africa.
19 November 2018
www.prensa-latina.cu
El primer ministro de Etiopía, Abiy Ahmed, destacó hoy que la expansión digital es vital para lograr las ambiciones de desarrollo de África.