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Accelerating Africa’s Digital Transformation Through Connectivity
| Project No | 9RAF21101 |
| Title | Accelerating Africa’s Digital Transformation Through Connectivity |
| Description |
The project 9RAF21101 “Accelerating Africa’s Digital Transformation Through Connectivity” will facilitate the creation of a multi-stakeholder platform to provide the opportunity for other private sector, civil society, and academic organizations to engage. Ethiopia is at a critical juncture, undergoing political, economic and demographic transitions that are structural in nature. These transitions pose challenges but also permit a leap forward in inclusion, shared prosperity, sustainability, as well as on peace and security. As such, Ethiopia is transforming to meet its changing development aspirations and the demands of the future. The country’s first digital transformation strategy, Digital Ethiopia 2025, sets to transform the country's national economy through four major pathway sectors. To further ensure synergies and coordination, project 9RAF21101 will draw on, leverage, and support where needed existing related ITU projects. The main objective of this Project is to foster meaningful digital connectivity and access with a focus on youth and women in the African region, in particular in Ethiopia. The contribution from Microsoft is complemented with additional funded of 100,000 USD from the ICTDF. This contribution will allow the strengthening of all project activities, as well as the hiring of additional project resources to support the development/implementation of youth related elements of the project, which has been identified by both Ethiopia, Microsoft, and ITU as a key priority. |
| Area of Action |
Digital Inclusion ICT Applications Least Developed Countries & SIDS |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Time Frame | From 1/8/2021 To 31/12/2024 |
| Beneficiary Countries | Ethiopia |
| Implementing Agency | International Telecommunication Union (ITU) |
| Financial Scale (CHF) | 500'000 - 1'000'000 |
| Achievements |
The main objective of this Project is to foster meaningful digital connectivity with a focus on youth and women in Africa, in particular on Ethiopia. Young people around the world, in the region and in Ethiopia are powerful drivers of innovation, highly motivated to improve their own lives and the lives of their families and communities. The Project is fully aligned with the ITU’s Generation Connect initiative which aims to give young people a voice, with the opportunity to be empowered, to be engaged, and to help advance the digital development agenda for present and future generations. The Project will be implemented in three different phases.
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