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Smart Africa presents a blueprint to guide the African continent towards a full-fledged global player regarding AI technology.

A tool by the e-Governance Academy for policymakers to ensure the functioning and protection of digital services.

Listen to this episode of the Digital Government Podcast featuring Serge Adjovi, Director General of Benin's National Information Systems and Services Agency (ASSI) and e-Governance Academy Project Manager Marit Lani. They talk about the lessons gained by the Beninese government through the implementation the Estonian-origin backbone for government e-services – the secure data exchange platform – and the development of the citizen portal for the provision of government services. 

Practical guidance for businesses, and other actors in the digital ecosystem, on how to conduct human rights impact assessment of digital activities.

The Digital Rights Check is a human rights assessment tool and guidance meant for staff and partners working in technical development cooperation and in development finance, who are working on digital projects or are otherwise using digital solutions.

Free To Be Online?  brings together the voices and experiences of over 14,000 girls across many continents. It aims at uncovering and understanding their experiences being online: what platforms they use, what is their experience of harassment, who are the perpetrators, the impact of harassment on them.

Girls are targeted online just because they are young and female, and if they are politically outspoken, disabled, Black or identify as LGBTIQ+, it gets worse. Like street harassment it is unremitting, often psychologically damaging and can lead to actual physical harm.

There are many ways to measure the progress and impact of digital transformation in societies. In this podcast episode, Hannes Astok and Linnar Viik make a deeper dive into DESI – the Digital Economy and Society Index. They look behind the numbers and explain where EU’s national governments have succeeded and where they have failed. In particular, they focus on digital skills and connectivity in EU countries. Moreover, Linnar Viik explains what the European digital paradox is.

A demonstration of e-governance solutions based on experience from Estonia, a country widely recognized as one of the world’s leading digital societies. In this video we look at the different ways a citizen can use public sector services without leaving at home: we start with registering the birth of a child, then registering the child for school, e-Health solutions, business activities, the border crossing system, justice systems, etc.

Based on the Estonian experience, this video provides a demonstration of e-governance solutions involving crossing the border, enabling the smooth and efficient movement of people, goods and transportation. You can also see how the payment process is being handled and how this e-service is connected with other public services in an automated way.

Based on the Estonian experience, this video looks at the state Budget Management System to see how government and public sector spending can easily be administered, unifying all government bank accounts and all government cash management.

Based on the Estonian experience, this video looks at activities that make use of the Business Registry for registering and managing businesses, including declaring taxes and paying dividends. It shows how different registries are communicating with each other in order to provide the citizen a seamlessly working service.

Based on the Estonian experience, this video looks at at the Digital Justice solutions to show how easy submitting claims, scheduling a hearing and paying for the services can be, enabling the smooth flow of the cases and reducing the time that is being spent on solving the cases.