Session
Governing Digital Economy
Round Table - 90 Min
The session will be facilitated by UNECA and UNU-EGOV and will focus on the latest developments, challenges and opportunities in Africa’s digital transformation journey and will feature case study examples in the adoption of Digital Transformation Strategies and Roadmaps in select African countries. Focus will be placed on approaches that employ digital assessments and diagnostics to identify gaps and challenges that inform strategy development. Furthermore, the session will explore how the AU Digital Transformation Strategy (2020-2030), co-developed with the ECA, provides an excellent framework for prioritizing digital infrastructure and accessibility as a prerequisite to achieving digital transformation and prosperity in line with SDGs and Agenda 2063 and can have substantial impact on regional cooperation and integration in Africa. The discussion will also focus on the importance of digitalizing Africa’s governance system and the digital transformation of the governance sector on the continent. The session will discuss the importance of institutional foundations for a digital government ecosystem and contribute to identifying, through a co-creation and collective intelligence approach (co-construction workshops) some concrete proposals to seize the digital transformation of the public sector and lay the foundations for the development of digital government roadmaps.
The session will be in a hybrid-format. Detailed to be determined.
UN ECA
• Dr. Mactar Seck – Chief of Section, UNECA • Dr. Delfina Soares - Director, UNU Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV) • Ms. Souhila Amazouz – Senior ICT Policy Officer AUC • Ms Anne-Rachel Inné – Africa Regional Director, ITU • Hon. Ousman A. Bah, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of The Gambia • Hon. Pedro Lopes, Secretary of State for Innovation and Technical Training of Cabo Verde
• Dr. Mactar Seck – Chief of Section, UNECA • Dr. Delfina Soares - Director, UNU Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV) • Ms. Souhila Amazouz – Senior ICT Policy Officer AUC • Ms Anne-Rachel Inné – Africa Regional Director, ITU • Hon. Ousman A. Bah, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of The Gambia • Hon. Pedro Lopes, Secretary of State for Innovation and Technical Training of Cabo Verde
Luís Soares Barbosa - Deputy Director (UNU-EGOV)
• Hilda Mwakatumbula, UNECA
• Dobrina Gogova-Poirier · Economic Affairs Officer, UNECA
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
17. Partnerships for the Goals
Targets: Directly linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) and SDG 17 (partnerships for the goals), the project supports the use of ICT in the public sector.