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Great discussion with @spidercenter, @Sida, @ILRLux, @PTSse on the avenues of strengthened cooperation in the field of the enabling environment, digital regulation, technical assistance #iPris #BBmaps

Happy holidays from the SPIDER team. We wish you and your near ones a great festive season and some time to rest before we take on what 2025 has in store.

Here are the highlights from day one of the ongoing Africa region follow-up session in Dar es Salaam. Seven African telecom regulators from Gambia, Lesotho, Mauritius, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa are represented. ipris.digital

Meanwhile in #tanzania, NRAs are rejoining for follow up and continue their @iPRIS_digital work.

Top tip for feeling super smart: the popular information section. nobelprize.org/prizes/physics…

Nobel physic prize goes to work that laid the foundation for machine learning (#AI). nobelprize.org/prizes/physics…

📅Webinar alert!📅 Thursday 31 October at 1 PM CET, this is GMT+1, is the time for next @HolicareD webinar on Microfluidics. As always this is free of charge and open to anyone. Register here: survey.su.se/hc_w5 #webinar #rti #HolicareAcademy #webinar

Tomorrow, people across Kenya will participate in protests to #RejectFinanceBill2024. Here are some helpful digital safety tips to keep you safe offline + online. 🧵

Edgar Napoleon Asiimwe was once a Junior ICT expert for SPIDER. After finisihing his doctoral thesis in informatics, he has worked in bi-lateral university programmes with Rwanda and Tanzania, with local researchers on research related to projects and @HolicareD #SPIDERat20

SPIDER@20 - Meet our team. Programme manager Edgar Napoleon Assimwe has recently returned to SPIDER from a specialist assignment with UNHCR in Mozambique. We are very happy to welcome him back. #SPIDERat20 #InclusiveDigitalisation #SPIDERteam

SPIDER@20 - Meet our team. We are a diverse group who share a passion for #DigitalInclusion David Silva has worked on several of SPIDER's programmes, including bi-lateral university cooperations in Bolivia and Tanzania. #SPIDERat20 #InclusiveDigitalisation #SPIDERteam

Since 2018 collaborations between @NgComCommission & its 🇸🇪 equivalent @PTSse as well as @Spidercenter at @Stockholm_Uni & @ericsson 🇳🇬led to the training of over 200 staff from NCC in various fields, such as telecom sector regulation & study visits in both directions. #ICT (1/3)

Register #somali health workers and clinical practitioners to take part of specialist skills to save Iives @ConnectSomalia @MoH_Somalia @PuntlandH @ConnectSomalia #HADDA #postpartum #mch #womenshealth #familyhealth

@ProjectLuangwa does just that. In collaboration with the school and parents. Without everyone on board it would not happen. That is the secret sauce. Working together.

What difference does a device make? It can't do much on its own. But combined with digital learning content and teachers that can use them as a learning tool they can turn a low performing school into one where 95% pass the grade 7 exam.

Tomorrow, at the final conference for @Equals_EU sister projects in Brussels, @C_WamalaLarsson will discuss inclusive innovation ecosystems. Don't miss out! #DigitalInclusion #diversityIsAnAsset #equalsEU

Brilliant to be joining @Sida this afternoon for a #DevTalks session on climate change and public health! Presentation currently being delivered by Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Head of Climate Change and Health @WHO. #COP28

Here we go. The capacity building of ICT regulators in sub-Saharan Africa enters a new stage with the first training round of IPRIS starting in Stockholm.

Learning opportunity 🔊🔊🔊 We are looking for people working in research/programming focused on violence against women and girls, gender-based violence sexual reproductive health or similar areas for a 2 week virtual training. Register here: shorturl.at/jklAF

This Wednesday, the UK parliament will be the place to be to learn more and discuss gender inclusive innovation. @C_WamalaLarsson will be there to present the research from 24 countries that formed the base of @Equals_EU project.