<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Listers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">UNECA is currently hosting this. This may be of interest to some. Apologies for cross posting and possible duplication.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Keith</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Mactar Seck</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:seck8@un.org">seck8@un.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 1:17 PM<br>Subject: INVITATION : ECA/Alibaba/Ant Financial web event on technology against COVID-19 :Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 10:00 - 11:30 UTC (13:00-14:30 Addis Time Africa ).<br>To: Mactar Seck <<a href="mailto:seck8@un.org">seck8@un.org</a>><br>Cc: Oliver Chinganya <<a href="mailto:chinganya@un.org">chinganya@un.org</a>>, Ibrahim Mamma Hussein <<a href="mailto:mamma@un.org">mamma@un.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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You are invited to join us in a </span><span style="color:black">Web event </span>
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> on </span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Leveraging technology in assisting African countries in the fight against Covid-19</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.
The </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">live stream session
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">will </span><span style="color:black">be organized by ECA and
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Ant Financial and
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">take place on <b>
T</b></span><b><span style="color:black">hursday</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, April 2</span><span style="color:black">3</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, 2020 at
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">10:00 - 11:30 UTC</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> (13:00-14:30 Addis Time</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Africa
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<b>You can register here</b>: </span><a href="https://www.uneca.org/leveraging-technology-against-covid-19" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">https://www.uneca.org/leveraging-technology-against-covid-19</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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The session begins with sharing experiences in using technologies to fight Codiv-19 and support economic recovery by UNECA, Alibaba and Ant Financial; to be followed by a panel debate. During the debate, key political and private sector actors on the continent
will be called upon to share their thoughts ideas and exchange ideas on how Africa could embrace the power of technology and partnerships to tackle the challenges faced. Comments and questions and outputs of the session will be summarized and posted in ECA
website. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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