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line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;">HomePage | Pathways for Prosperity</h2> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;word-break:break-word;"></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_8023"><span><br></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(43, 47, 50);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_8038"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_8039">How will new and emerging technologies affect development in the poorest countries?</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(43, 47, 50);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_8040"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_8041">Rapid technological change – including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and robotics – is increasingly shaping our world. What does this mean for developing countries? How can they navigate this shifting landscape, steering a path towards inclusive development and poverty reduction?</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(43, 47, 50);" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_8042"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_8043">The Commission on Technology and Inclusive Development will examine how to turn the potential risks of technological change into opportunities for inclusive development.</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984" dir="ltr">"<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_21452">Policymakers in developing countries need practical, evidence-based guidance on steps they can take to harness technology’s potential for development and poverty reduction and mitigate against possible negative effects."</span></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">=====</span></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984">High level conversations over 2 years feeding into "the intersection of the next level technologies, development and inclusivity".</div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984">The Commission approach may be of good interest to ICT4D practitioners.</div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984">Be blessed.</div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984">Regards/Wangari</div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7984">---<br><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7983"><span style="color:rgb(127, 0, 63);">Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - </span><span style="color:rgb(127, 0, 63);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1517044468737_7982">"Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".</span></font><br></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 18:05, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div dir="ltr">FYI. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://webfoundation.org/docs/2017/12/Artificial-Intelligence-starting-the-policy-dialogue-in-Africa.pdf" target="_blank">http://webfoundation.org/docs/2017/12/Artificial-Intelligence-starting-the-policy-dialogue-in-Africa.pdf</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><br><br>Regards, <br>Nanjira.<br><br>Sent on the move._______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/wangarikabiru%40yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/wangarikabiru%40yahoo.co.uk</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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