COVID-19 Archive
Applications
The new version of Primero is currently being piloted in Ghana, with expected release to dozens of other countries through 2022. UNICEF and Microsoft Corp. have launched a
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Corporate
A Joint Statement on Data Protection and Privacy in the Covid-19 response was issued on November 18 after endorsement by the UN System Organizations. Developed by the UN
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Enterprise Events
ITU Digital World 2020 is going online with a three-day programme of virtual exhibitions and debates, taking place from 20 to 22 October 2020. This global event will
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Enterprise Events
The work of the AI for Good Global Summit continues online, all year round. The upcoming ‘Breakthrough Days’, 21-30 September 2020, represent the culmination of this year’s actions
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Applications
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has launched Connect2Recover with the support of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and
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Feature
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) sees that the “new normal” in the post-pandemic (Covid-19) world will increasingly be driven by advanced technologies and their applications for
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Feature
UN human rights experts have warned of increased patterns of closing of digital spaces amid the Covid-19 pandemic. UN Special Rapporteurs* attending the annual RightsCon conference on human rights
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Corporate
By RMN News Service India’s Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi interacted with Google CEO Sundar Pichai via video conferencing today (July 13). Pichai briefed the Prime Minister about the
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Feature
Johns Hopkins University released a report on Tuesday (May 26) to help government, technology developers, businesses, institutional leaders, and the public make responsible decisions around use of digital
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Feature
Presidents Carlos Alvarado Quesada of Costa Rica and Sebastián Piñera of Chile have planned to work with WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to build a new technology
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Feature
Tech Training for Small Businesses Amid Covid Crisis As small and medium businesses (SMBs) are struggling to survive during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, they need to revamp their
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E-Governance
The chattering classes fear that Modi’s political outfit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) might use the personal details of citizens to get political advantage in a voting system that
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CIO Info
The COVID-19 outbreak continues to wreak havoc across the globe, threatening lives, putting increasingly more stress on global value chains and testing countries’ resilience and readiness for digital
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Enterprise Events
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Ministry of Information and Communications, Viet Nam have postponed ITU Digital World 2020,
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Feature
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has seen a dramatic increase in the number of cyber attacks directed at its staff, and
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