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Africa Day: our continent’s recovery requires international support
25 May 2021Viewpoint
By Shameel Joosub, Vodacom Group CEO
Today is Africa Day, celebrating the foundation of the African Union (AU). The AU now represents 55 member states that are guided by its vision of an integrated, prosperous Africa. If we have learned one lesson from the past year, it is the importance of telecoms connectivity to achieving that vision and creating inclusive, prosperous societies in Africa.
During the pandemic, Vodacom, Safaricom and Vodafone worked hard to keep African communities connected, accelerating investment in our networks to maintain capacity for our 123 million customers. We also connected more than 3.5 million students with digital education services, while enabling 14 million people to access online health services without using mobile data. We helped businesses digitalise and we’re supporting their recovery. And through fintech platforms like M-PESA, we enabled millions of
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- Paragraph 14a of the declaration reads:
“Eliminate all laws and policies that punish or criminalize same-sex intimacy, gender affirmation, abortion, HIV transmission non-disclosure and exposure, or that limit the exercise of bodily autonomy, including laws limiting legal capacity of adolescents, people with disabilities or other groups to provide consent to sex or sexual and reproductive health services or laws authorizing non-consensual abortion, sterilization, or contraceptive use.” - And paragraph 14g:
“End the criminalization and stigmatization of adolescents’ sexuality, and ensure and promote a positive approach to young people s and adolescents’ sexuality that enables, recognizes, and respects their agency to make informed and independent decisions on matters concerning their bodily autonomy, pleasure and fundamental freedoms.”