Humanitarian The Somali Cash Consortium, funded by the European Union, has launched a cash transfer programme estimated at USD$ 7.67 million to assist more than 115,000 vulnerable Somalis. A study by the Humanitarian Leadership Academy finds that poor access to the internet and technology hinders the quality of humanitarian learning. Migration The UN Refugee Agency [...]
Environment The European Court of Auditors has announced that Bulgaria and Croatia are the only two EU countries likely to achieve EU’s recycling targets on e-waste. Development The World Bank approved a loan estimated at US$11 million in order to advance connectivity and digital economy activities in Togo. Report finds that South Africa performs [...]
Climate action:Amid the lack of e-waste regulations, statistics show that Bangladesh generates 2.8 million tonnes of e-waste per year.The Filipino company Globe Telecom has set up over 100 e-waste collection points in the Philippines.The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) announced collaboration to develop a [...]
Development Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), together with SMART Africa, has launched the online learning platform ‘atingi’ that aims to provide marginalised groups with better access to high-quality education. Israeli satellite operator Spacecom concluded an agreement with La Poste Senegal on the provision of high-quality Internet service in remote areas. According [...]
Development Tunisia’s ministries of education, and communication technologies, signed a memorandum of understanding to bring high-speed broadband Internet to schools. Chad will require CFA 452 billion to finance its newly released National Strategic Plan for Digital Development. The Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) has announced the establishment of IT labs across 725 schools that aim to [...]
Development Facebook has launched the My Digital World, a project designed to equip the youth and general public across sub-Saharan Africa with digital skills. Pakistan has set up the Digital Victim Support Directory which provides child victims of violence, harassment, and abuse with information on finding support. Food security Liquid Telecom partnered with Kenya’s Twiga [...]
Development: 2021 World Development Report (WDR) to tackle ‘data for development’ from the perspective of low and middle income countries. Indian company Sterling and Wilson Private won contracts for a project on digital ID and the construction of a data center in the Republic of Congo. Afghanistan reaches out to India to introduce a [...]