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2024 RegtechAfrica Conference & Awards
Theme:
Harnessing Partnerships for Africa’s Prosperity – Bridging the Data Trust Gap
Overview:
Data is the new form of capital for economies in the 21st century. As the world moves towards a digital economy, harmonised data governance frameworks that unlock data’s economic and societal benefits are paramount. African nations have made significant strides in data governance, but have experienced uneven results. With data at the heart of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, its negotiations phase is the perfect opportunity to leverage the power of using and sharing data, if governments can provide the leadership to achieve it.
A recent report from the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) found that a one-point increase in a nation’s data restrictiveness could, over a five-year period, cut its gross trade output by 7%, slow economy-wide productivity by 2.9% and increase the prices of goods and services for industries that rely on data for their day-to-day business by 1.5%.
Data has become critical in achieving economic growth, increasing competition, and spurring innovation. Governments, businesses and individuals need robust data policy frameworks so they can extract the economic benefits of using and sharing data. Such frameworks should feature high data protection standards that guarantee adequate use of personal data, maintain public trust and safeguard privacy, without creating unnecessary data use and sharing barriers.
Against this backdrop, the conference is set to assess the data trust gap and how governments are harnessing partnerships for Africa’s prosperity.
Time: 8:00 AM Lagos, Nigeria / 2:00 AM ET
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Innovating to Scale: Creating an Innovation Culture to Drive Scale
Join CASE at Duke University’s Innovating to Scale webinar series: This four-part webinar series provides insight and perspective for organizations wanting to innovate for greater impact and scale. Each session will feature frameworks and best practices from CASE’s research as well as an impact leader sharing their story about innovating to supercharge their organization’s mission:- Innovating for Scaled Impact – May 9
- Creating an Innovation Culture to Drive Scale – May 23
- Financing New Approaches to Scale – June 6
- Using Data to Power Scale – June 20
Sessions take place on selected Thursdays, 12:00-1:00 PM ET over Zoom.
Thanks to the generous partnership of the F. M. Kirby Foundation, this series is open to anyone working in impact. Request one of the free seats using the form below. Upon confirmation of your seat, you will receive calendar invites for all four sessions. We highly encourage – but do not require – participation in all four sessions.
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How Can We Ensure Communications Are Human-Centred, Empathetic and Engaging?
Background
Talking and writing about people’s experiences of social issues is important in creating engagement and positive action to tackle the challenges. However, navigating the complexities of communicating with sensitivity and profound respect can be daunting. This online written discussion invites you to join others from around the world in delving into the nuances of sensitively communicating and personalising challenging topics. By sharing your insights, experiences, and examples we will bring together best practices in one place so that we can all benefit from communicating with dignity.
Everyone is free to join the discussion. Simply login 2 and get typing. And if you would like to be a named contributor to this written discussion please do drop us a line at: Team@BusinessFightsPoverty.org
Moderator: Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership and COO, Business Fights Poverty
Questions
- Where are the examples of exemplary social impact communications that centrally feature individuals directly affected by the issues at hand?
- What strategies can be employed to guarantee the effectiveness human-centred communications aimed at social impact?
- How can we better work together to more effectively develop human-centred messages of positive social impact?
How to add your comments
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If you are not already a member of the Business Fights Poverty online community, you will need to sign up here 1. Once you have joined the community, you can return to this discussion page and click “Log In” at the top right of the page.
Time: 2pm to 3pm BST / 9am to 10am EDT
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Creating an Innovation Culture to Drive Scale
Join CASE at Duke University’s Innovating to Scale webinar series: This four-part webinar series provides insight and perspective for organizations wanting to innovate for greater impact and scale. Each session will feature frameworks and best practices from CASE’s research as well as an impact leader sharing their story about innovating to supercharge their organization’s mission:
- Innovating for Scaled Impact – May 9
- Creating an Innovation Culture to Drive Scale – May 23
- Financing New Approaches to Scale – June 6
- Using Data to Power Scale – June 20
Sessions take place on selected Thursdays, 12:00-1:00 PM ET over Zoom.
Thanks to the generous partnership of the F. M. Kirby Foundation, this series is open to anyone working in impact. Request one of the free seats using the form below. Upon confirmation of your seat, you will receive calendar invites for all four sessions. We highly encourage – but do not require – participation in all four sessions.
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET
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