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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://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://www.cameroon-tribune.cm
Une préoccupation qui était au centre des différentes concertations entre le ministre des Transports, Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe et les promoteurs des agences de voyage et les responsables des compagnies de transport aérien. Objectif : définir le protocole de service à mettre en œuvre dès la reprise des vols internationaux.
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
Africa is about to roll out a groundbreaking mobile based public communications platform to provide more than 600 million users across the continent with the latest public health advice. The Africa Communications Information Platform will also furnish national and regional COVID task forces with user generated survey data and actionable health and economic insights.
19 June 2020
https://www.downtoearth.org.in
At least 283 million of Africa’s 1.3 billion population is at a high risk of severe COVID-19 because of underlying health conditions and would require hospitalisation if infected, according to a study published in The Lancet on June 15, 2020.
18 June 2020
http://www.xinhuanet.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is pushing for an industrial and economic diversification masterplan covering all 11 countries of the Central African sub-region, the ECA said Wednesday.
18 June 2020
https://www.marketscreener.com
ECA Sub-Regional office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) organized a virtual partners' meeting on 17th June 2020 to commence the implementation of the United Nations Development Account 12th Tranche Project (UNDA).
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
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.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
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
https://www.noticiasaominuto.com
A covid-19 colocou em evidência o fardo que as mulheres carregam. Foi-nos apresentada a oportunidade de reimaginar e reconceber uma sociedade mais equitativa e devemos colocar as mulheres e a liderança das mulheres no centro da resposta [à pandemia] e para lá da mesma", defendeu Graça Machel, num artigo de opinião hoje divulgado pela Graça Machel Trust e Foundation for Community Development...
18 June 2020
https://www.cnbcafrica.com
What we see in Africa is a remarkable paradox where the economic shock is outpacing the dreaded health crisis. The peak of Covid-19 infections has probably not yet been reached, yet recession and unemployment are very much present, resulting in serious consequences for the already hard-hit private sector.
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
https://www.modernghana.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.thesierraleonetelegraph.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.
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).
18 June 2020
http://rnanews.com
«Le COVID-19 nous a permis d’explorer de nouvelles plateformes et façons d’identifier les personnes», déclare Vera Songwe, Secrétaire générale adjointe de l’ONU et Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) qui suggère que les plateformes numériques telles que Facebook, Google, etc. peuvent aider à « changer la façon dont nous effectuons les recensements, identifions et...
17 June 2020
https://al-ain.com
قالت الأمينة التنفيذية للجنة الاقتصادية لأفريقيا التابعة للأمم المتحدة، فيرا سونجوي، إن العلوم والتكنولوجيا والابتكار ستكونان في صميم تعافي القارة الأفريقية من جائحة فيروس كورونا المدمر، وقدرة القارة على خلق وظائف مستدامة.
17 June 2020
https://realnewsmagazine.net
SCIENCE, technology, innovation as well as ability to create sustainable jobs will be at the heart of Africa’s recovery from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, says Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
17 June 2020
https://www.modernghana.com
According to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Africa has made great strides in recent years towards building democracy, enhancing the rule of law, consolidating good governance, improving human security, and promoting and protecting human rights.