Posts on the Topic "decision-makers"
New digital agriculture opportunities showcased by reports from African Development Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization, and CGIAR
26/04/2021
26 April 2021 - Drones, satellites, geographic information systems, weather stations, and advanced analytics are some of the most promising technologies for providing solutions to Africa’s agricultural challenges, according to joint country profile reports on three countries by the African...22/ 04
2021
International Girls in ICT Day
22/04/2021
This year marks the 10th Anniversary of International Girls in ICT Day with the theme “Connected Girls; Creating Brighter Futures.”Traditionally celebrated on the fourth Thursday of April, the Girls in ICT celebrations for this special year will highlight the 10 moments in the life of young girls bringing into focus some of the key stakeholders and industries responsible for promoting girls in the field of technology.
COVID-19 and e-commerce: a global review
22/03/2021
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Regional Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean have published a report entitled, “COVID-19 and e-commerce: a global review”. The report notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformations...
Apply for UNCDF and IDEP online course Planning and Building Inclusive Digital Strategies in the context of COVID19 to meet the SDGs and Agenda 2063
22/03/2021
The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the United Nations, Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) are organising an on-line course on “ Planning and building inclusive digital transformation strategies in the context of covid-19...
FAO launches an online public consultation: Advancing end-to-end Seafood traceability (9 March- 12 April 2021)
18/03/2021
FAO has launched an online public consultation in order to collect comments and views on a draft guidance document on seafood traceability. The guidance analyses and documents the interrelation of traceability along the value chain based on country-specific traceability mechanisms that are often...
Special issue on Internet of Everything
16/02/2021
Theme The Internet of Everything (IoE) is the interconnection of people, processes, data, and things. It was conceptualized by CISCO as the natural evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT), in the aim of including the entire realm of information sources and destinations in one paradigm.Although...12/ 01
2021
Partnerships - ICT4D Conference
12/01/2021
Register for the ICT4D Conference and hear from 40+ speakers including:
Azerbaijan gets digital with “eagro”
06/01/2021
Electronic Agricultural Information System – e-agriculture in Azerbaijan Currently, the sector accounts for less than 10 percent of the country’s gross domestic product and employs around 40 percent of the population. To further develop the agriculture sector, the government of Azerbaijan has...17/ 12
2020
Webinar series - Nutrition in a Digital World Episode 4: Digital solutions for nutrition sensitive programming
17/12/2020
17 December 2020 - Episode 4 (Register Here)
About this event
The Internet and other digital technologies are drastically changing the world we live in. Information and data are being produced, shared, used and consumed at a continuously accelerating speed, and people and services are more and more inter-connected.
