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Safeguarding an open and free Internet
This session gathers researchers and experts to exchange on what joint AU-EU efforts can do to safeguard an open and free Internet. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges to promote a truly inclusive digital transformation, including ethical aspects, regulatory and technical fragmentation, geopolitical competition, restrictions on freedoms, and data sovereignty.
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WhyID: Make your case
Do digital identity systems empower users, especially those in marginalised populations? In this session, speakers discuss the importance of properly assessing the objectives, the need, and benefits of digital identity before putting programmes in place.
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Internet Connectivity: Achievements to date, challenges and opportunities ahead
Exchange of best practices and achievements on Internet Connectivity, existing gaps, and challenges ahead. Speakers in this session discuss regulatory and investment models to meet upcoming targets and new sustainable Internet Connectivity solutions.
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Online Course: Dimensions and Causes of the Digital Divide
Overview course with a focus on people working in or interested in regulation and policymaking in digital transformation.
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A study paper on human-centred cybersecurity: Kenyan Fintech sector
This study maps the cybersecurity landscape in Kenya with a focus on the financial sector, and advocates for a human- centric approach in cybersecurity.
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Information and Communication Technology supporting the inclusion of children with disabilities in education
This factsheet draws on a study carried out by Humanity & Inclusion (HI) with the support of the AFD (Agence française de développement) and Norad (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) aimed at (i) drawing up an inventory of existing ICT that could help support inclusive education for children with disabilities; and ii) identifying the challenges involved in implementing these ICT tools in the classrooms of some of the French-speaking countries in which HI is working, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
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Barriers and levers for the use of telerehabilitation through experimentation in three countries
The aim of this study is to describe and analyse the barriers and levers for the us eof ICT to provide rehabilitation services to people remotely in their environment.
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Digital Enquirer Kit
The Digital Enquirer Kit is a free e-learning guide that empowers citizens with fact-seeking superpowers.
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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Inclusive Education
The objective of the study is to carry out an inventory and analysis of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) likely to promote the educational inclusion of children with disabilities in HI’s countries of intervention in French-speaking Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Senegal and Togo).
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The Truth Gap: How misinformation and disinformation online affect the lives, learning and leadership of girls and young women
This year’s (2021) State of the World’s Girls report, The Truth Gap, explores how adolescent girls and young women deal with misinformation and disinformation when engaging with political, civic or social topics online.
Plan International interviewed 26,000 girls and young women from 26 countries and discovered alarming findings, including that 9 out of 10 have been harmed by false information and lies online.
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Report: Digital Finance Platforms to empower all
To explore how mobile financial services are contributing to financial inclusion and broader Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) impacts, this report by Africa.connected (Vodafone and Vodacom) presents new econometric analysis and primary research.
It focuses on markets dominated by emergent banking systems: Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Ghana. In particular, looking at how mobile money platforms like M-PESA are accelerating financial inclusion. It also unpacks the role of mobile money and broader financial services, like those offered by Vodacom, within a more mature financial ecosystem such as South Africa's.
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A lifeline, not a luxury: Accelerating 4G access in Sub-Saharan Africa
Although studies have found that increasing 4G coverage in Africa can cut poverty by up to 4.3%, the uptake of 4G technology has been slow across the continent of Africa as many people only have access to older 2G and 3G systems. These challenges contribute to the already existing digital divide: between those using old and inferior technology and those with access to newer and superior technology.
In response, this report, created by Africa.connected (Vodafone and Vodacom), proposes four key partnership-led recommendations to make 4G more accessible across the African continent, with the ultimate objective of reducing connectivity costs for vulnerable groups.
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