Information Session Connect2Recover : Research Competition
Session 2
Theme: Digital Inclusion for Job Creation and Health
21 April 2022, 12:00-13:30 CET
Programme Agenda:
| 12:00 - 12:10 | |
Opening Remarks:
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Ms. Anne-Rachel Inné, Regional Director, Regional Office for Africa, ITU
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| 12:10 – 12:25 | |
Introduction to Connect2Recover and research competition by Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU |
| Session 1: Digital Inclusion – Job Creation |
| 12:25 - 12:40 | |
Research Paper 3: Building resilient micro-enterprises with digital transformation
Presenters:
- Dr. Stan Karanasios, Associate Professor, University of Queensland, Australia
- Dr. PK Senyo, Associate Professor, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
- Dr. John Effah, Associate Professor, University of Ghana, Ghana
Q&A |
| 12:40 - 12:55 | |
Research Paper 14: The digital financial inclusion of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) of the COMESA region into electronic business during and post the COVID 19 pandemic:
Presenter: Mr. Forbes Makudza, Marketing Lecturer, Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences, Zimbabwe
Q&A |
| Session 2: Digital Inclusion - Health |
| 12:55 - 13:10 | |
Research Paper 10: Tele-medicine as a panacea to medical tourism in Africa exploiting communications satellite technologies
Presenter: Dr. Lasisi Salami Lawal, Senior Research Fellow, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
Q&A |
| 13:10 - 13:25 | |
Research Paper 15: Digital health through telemedicine ecosystem against pandemics, epidemics and natural disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa
Presenter: Dr. David Botchie, Senior Lecturer, Brunel University, United Kingdom
Q&A |
| 13:25 - 13:30 | |
Concluding Remarks:
- Ms. Anne-Rachel Inné, Regional Director, Regional Office for Africa, ITU
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