By Emmanuel Elebeke
The United Nations Deputy Secretary General, Mrs Amina Muhammed has pledged the support of the global body to the country’s digital economy sector, while urging the federal government to invest in technology.
Mrs Amina Muhammed, threw the challenge during a courtesy call on the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy in his office today Monday.
She noted that “Technology is the lifeline of all other sectors from education to medical and financial services, and a lot of what the economy will see in the coming years will be determined by what we do now, in terms of investments”.
Segun James
President Muhammadu Buhari, former Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu; former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; President, African Development Bank (ADB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina; and the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed, are among dignitaries lined up to speak to participants at Ehingbeti, the Lagos economic summit, scheduled to hold from next Tuesday to Thursday.
Other speakers expected at the summit are Founder and Chair of Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Mo Ibrahim; Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Mr. Ben Akabueze; and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Mohammed Yahaya.
10 ways ICC made business work in 2020
News • Paris, 29/12/2020
In a year that put to the test ICC’s ability to mobilise business behind global challenges, our pioneering spirit shone through to ensure our global institution lived up to its reputation as the trusted voice of business on issues facing people and planet.
We’re taking a look back at our ground-breaking year to wrap up just 10 ways in which we made business work for everyone, every day, everywhere.
Saving lives and livelihoods – ICC acts against Covid-19
Before Covid-19 had a name, ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO responded to the outbreak of coronavirus in China underscoring the need for a coordinated effort to protect lives, livelihoods and the global economy.
UNAIDS Board concludes with key decisions taken related to the colliding epidemics of HIV and COVID-19
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GENEVA, 23 December 2020 The virtual 47th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) has concluded with important decisions relating to the HIV response, the COVID-19 epidemic, and the ongoing transformation of UNAIDS.
In her opening remarks to the PCB, UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, thanked the United States of America for chairing the meeting and for its continued leadership in the AIDS response. In her report to the PCB on the state of the HIV epidemic, Ms Byanyima described a mixed picture of progress for some and inequality, stalled or growing danger from HIV for others. With the UNAIDS 2020 targets unmet, she warned that COVID-19 threatened to blow the HIV response even further off-track and called on the world to tackle the long-term fragilities, inequalities and injustices which continue to drive the HIV epidemic.
UNAIDS
The virtual 47th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) has concluded with important decisions relating to the HIV response, the COVID-19 epidemic, and the ongoing transformation of UNAIDS.
In her opening remarks to the PCB, UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, thanked the United States of America for chairing the meeting and for its continued leadership in the AIDS response. In her report to the PCB on the state of the HIV epidemic, Ms Byanyima described a mixed picture of progress for some and inequality, stalled or growing danger from HIV for others. With the UNAIDS 2020 targets unmet, she warned that COVID-19 threatened to blow the HIV response even further off-track and called on the world to tackle the long-term fragilities, inequalities and injustices which continue to drive the HIV epidemic.