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Closing Conference on Defining, Estimating and Disseminating statistics on Illicit Financial Flows | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

The ability to identify and monitor illicit financial flows (IFFs) remains a critical gap for countries in Africa, impeding effective surveillance and required efforts to curb these flows. Combatting IFFs, is now a crucial component of global efforts to promote peace, justice, and strong institutions, as reflected in target 16.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals: “By 2030,

Girls praised for incredibly innovative skills at ICT boot camp

Girls praised for incredibly innovative skills at ICT boot camp
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Girls praised for incredibly innovative skills at ICT boot camp | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Addis Ababa, 14 December 2020 (ECA) - “We are extremely proud of the incredibly innovative capacity demonstrated by the young girls over the past two weeks,” said Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), on Friday 11 December 2020. She was speaking at the end of a coding boot camp jointly organized by ECA and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as part of activities to mark the UN’s 75th anniversary. The camp brought together over 2000 young girls online and in person at the UN Conference Centre in Addis Ababa from 30 November to 11 December 2020. The event aimed at promoting ICTs as important tools for women’s empowerment. It featured sessions on gender equality, human rights, confidence-building, publish speaking, coding with Scratch, robotics and Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, design thinking, gaming, fashion, and animation. It culminated with an innovation fair and a competition to test participants’ skil

Thousands brace for a continental ICT camp for African girls | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Addis Ababa, 27 November 2020 (ECA) - Over 3000 women and girls from across Africa are expected to participate in a hybrid (online and in-person) event scheduled to run from 30 November to 11 December 2020, focusing on ICT as a crucial tool for women’s empowerment. The 11-day event is jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) under the auspices of the United Nations 75th anniversary celebrations and the Decade of Action for achieving the SDGs. “Our goal is to empower women and young girls through the development of skills for sustainable inclusive entrepreneurship, and harness digital technologies to accelerate implementation of the SDGs in line with the Declaration on the Decade of Action and Delivery on Sustainable Development,” said Jean-Paul Adam, ECA’s Director of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management.

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