| Mise en place d’une offre de souscription/envoi/réception d’argent via Paositra money à 0 Ar - 11/05/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Madagascar (Republic of) |
| Un service de mobile banking de la Poste auquel l'accès est gratuit pour les utilisateurs du 15 Avril au 31 Mai (souscription au service,envoi d'argent, réception de l'argent sont tous gratuits). |
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| Information about COVID-19 - 05/05/2020 |
| Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (ARCEP) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Togolese Republic |
| Since the outbreak of the health crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic it was constated the dissemination of fake news, news and rumors, claiming that the coronavirus is directly linked to the implementation of 5G. The ARCEP launched a Press realese to formally deny this false news: 5G mobile telephone networks do not spread the COVID-19 and the virus does not circulate on the radio waves or by m (...) |
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| Niger launches a chatbot on Whatsapp to answer COVID-19 queries - 04/05/2020 |
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| International and Regional Organizations | Africa | Niger (Republic of the) |
| Thanks to a collaboration between Facebook Inc., the Ministry of Public Health, the National Agency for the Information Society (ANSI) and UNICEF, Niger officially launched today a “chatbot” on the WhatsApp social network, to provide users accurate and timely information on the situation of COVID-19 in Niger and answer any COVID-19 queries. |
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| ETHIOPIA COVID-19 MONITORING PLATFORM - 30/04/2020 |
| Information Network Security Agency (INSA) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of) |
| A platform had been developed to monitor the situation of COVID-19 in Ethiopia and provide information to citizens. |
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| Leveraging ICTs in the Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic - 30/04/2020 |
| Communications Authority of Kenya |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Kenya (Republic of) |
| The Kenya Government has invested heavily in ICT infrastructure seeing 99.9% of its citizens connected mainly via mobile phones; with 2G and 3G-network coverage of about 96% and 93% of the population respectively.This connectivity has hugely supported voice communication among citizens across the country and has aided the dissemination of COVID-19 specific messaging by the Government. The widespre (...) |
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| Leveraging ICTs in the Fight against COVID-19 Pandemic - ICT/Telecommunications Regulatory interventions - 30/04/2020 |
| Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Kenya (Republic of) |
| The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has unveiled a number of regulatory measures to complement Government efforts toward combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Broadcasters are now required to air Ministry of Health Public Service Announcements (PSA) at no cost. As at May 10, more than 43,000 PSAs had been aired. The Authority has also designated the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development’s (...) |
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