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Race to 2023: Can a Nigerian Woman Become President?
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By Bamikole Omishore
After an article which I wrote and had published a few weeks ago “on the road to 2023”, in which I expressed disappointment at the abysmal representation of women in leadership positions in political parties and government, I was challenged by some concerned Nigerians to list women who have got the needed mettle and pedigree to be President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Before going into the listing of names, l would like to touch on the needed elements in the making of a 21st century Nigerian president. To run a country as complex as Nigeria, we need people with sound mind, passion, vision, strong character, competence, courage and capacity, which unfort
Our Data Systems Are Failing People, the Data Values Project Will Drive Global Action to Fix Them
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The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data’s consultation and advocacy campaign with over 275 partners will tackle how governments, businesses and civil society are using data, aiming to develop common policy positions on data ethics, rights and governance issues. NEW YORK (PRWEB) April 01, 2021 A lack of clarity, regulation and common agreement on how to unlock the value of data while protecting people’s rights has created a vacuum that is contributing to rising inequality, insecurity and worse health outcomes, amid the pandemic. Debates around data issues are fragmented, becoming ever-more polarised, with compromise and consensus in policy seeming increasingly out of reach.
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Global Voice Group and Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data will support analysis of key data to aid sustainable development
Global Voice Group (GVG), a leading regulatory technology developer and Big Data Analytics organisation, and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) have announced a partnership that will see GVG share their expertise in the analysis of big data with national statistical offices across Africa, to support sustainable development initiatives. This collaboration will help to promote the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and strengthen GPSDD and the UN Economic Commission for Africa’s (UNECA) capacity building programme: COVID-19: Data for a Resilient Africa.
New collaboration for GVG and GPSDD key for African Data Analytics
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Regulatory technology developer Global Voice Group (GVG) has collaborated with analytic firm Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) in a bid to support analysis of key data to support sustainable development initiatives.
This collaboration will help to promote the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strengthen GPSDD and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s (UNECA) capacity building programme: COVID-19: Data for a Resilient Africa.
“Sustainable development is integral, and even more so on the African continent. All governments are looking to grow their countries’ economies and ensuring better lives for all, but they remain cognisant that it must be done in a systematic manner. We are looking to support this by sharing our expertise in data analytics that will make their data actionable and support decision making while ensuring that polici