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Call for applications for Digital Innovation Hubs!
The DigiKen programme seeks to select high-impact, sustainable Digital Innovation Hubs in Kenya to empower vulnerable groups with digital skills, entrepreneurship opportunities, and sustainable AI technologies. Digital Innovation Hubs are invited to apply by 31 December, 2024.
Connectivity for everyone is key to Africa’s growth and prosperity
Bridging the current digital divide requires a combination of policy and regulatory interventions, matched with meaningful investment. We live in a world where more and more people are digitally connected.
Hunger, dire living conditions made worse by heavy winter rains and ongoing hostilities continue to endanger people’s lives in Gaza, which has become “a graveyard”, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.”
The head of the UN migration agency stressed on Friday that Syria is in no position to take back millions of Syrians following the fall of the Assad regime, while there is an urgent need to “re-evaluate” sanctions impacting the war-ravaged country.
The UN Secretary-General on Thursday urged the Security Council to act decisively to establish international guardrails for artificial intelligence (AI), warning that delays could heighten risks to global peace and security.
GOAL OF THE MONTH
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set a new universal standard for development which aims to ensure that no one is left behind.
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