The Iranian government is going to place severe restrictions on the Internet, and is to preparing to create a National Information Network (NIN) aiming to keep most of its people off the web.

NIN is designed to control Iran’s information online. The scientific community in Iran will suffer significantly as a result of these actions, further exacerbating an already challenging position brought on by international sanctions. Iranian authorities have claimed that by the spring of 2024, NIN will be complete.

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Aiming at fostering investment in the green sector, digital transformation, and sustainable trade and supply chains, the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in London, hosted the Indonesia Investment Forum 2023 in London on 5 October 2023.

The aim was to showcase and promote Indonesia’s investment landscape and Investment Projects. The forum was enriched with business matching sessions featuring selected IPRO projects from 11 sectors, including renewable energy, electric vehicles, digital, infrastructure, transportation and tourism.

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Iceland has been hard at work transforming the country’s digital ecosystem to enable the digitization of public services.

Digital Iceland is operated by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, who manages the Island.is, a platform which uses cutting-edge and transformative digital technology to revolutionize how government and citizens interact and engage in the digital world. This is part of the country’s journey of making digital services the primary means of communication between its agencies and the Icelandic people.

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Digital technology has become indispensable for the economy. The government’s strategy to 2030 aims to make Hungary one of the top ten countries in the EU in terms of digital economic and social development.

The effective use of digital solutions has become a prerequisite for economic competitiveness. The COVID epidemic has further reinforced the importance of digitization, and the need to tackle the crisis and boost business performance has increased the demand for state-of-the-art ICT.

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has given Guyana $90 million loan to improve its learning environment, while elevating the quality of educational services for the most vulnerable students.

The loan will be used for the modernization of Guyana’s school infrastructure, which will have a profound impact on attendance rates, teacher motivation, and overall learning outcomes. It will also be used for the integration of critical services like electricity, water supply, connectivity, and provision of digital devices in the institutions.

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Guinea-Bissau is a small West African country that has been grappling with a range of challenges, including poverty, political instability, and limited access to basic services.

Digital Divide is one of the key challenges that the country is facing and it refers to the gap between those who have access to digital technologies and those who do not. Due to this divide in Guinea-Bissau, only a small percentage of the population has access to the internet or other digital technologies.

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Guinea Digital Public Goods Platform

AfricaNenda, an African-led organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of inclusive payment systems, is proud to announce its partnership with the Prime Minister’s Office of the Republic of Guinea in launching a national switch proof of concept based on a Digital Public Goods Platform.

The partnership demonstrates the government’s commitment to advancing financial inclusion in Guinea and harnessing the country’s potential to drive innovation in digital payments. AfricaNenda has designed this intervention in alignment with Guinea’s ongoing implementation of the national strategy for financial inclusion.

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The Government of Guatemala, through the Presidential Commission for Open and Electronic Government (GAE), has just announced their membership in the Digital Public Goods Alliance.

Guatemala’s membership represents a significant milestone in their digital transformation journey, including the search for innovative and collaborative solutions to reduce digital gaps and empower communities through technology. Guatemala will develop strategies that allow access to digital public goods including via digital infrastructure, inclusive technology platforms, and other solutions that seek to improve the experience for Guatemalan citizens accessing and using public services.

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The Blue-Green Digital Innovation Challenge is ground-breaking for Grenada’s agriculture and agribusiness sector because it is strongly promoting the use of more digital technologies.

The objective of the Blue-Green Digital Innovation Challenge was to support local entrepreneurs who have great ideas but may lack the required funding or technical know-how to implement them, addressing the need for greater innovation at a community level. During the Challenge, participants also collaborated with digital experts to fully develop their ideas and received other training.

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Ghana has made significant efforts to improve adolescent health through the establishment of the Ghana Adolescent Health and Development Programme.

Now, the country has taken steps to leverage digital technology to promote the active participation of adolescents in the implementation of Adolescent and Youth Friendly Health (AYFH) Services. USAID and other partners has been supporting the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ghana Education Service to deploy a Web-Based digital platform to monitor the quality of AYFH services in schools.

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