*Two African Project Shine
By Cyber Era NG Correspondent
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is celebrating Winners Of The 2021 WSIS Prizes, albeit no Nigerian project made the cut.
However, two African projects boldly flew the African flag: — E-learning Our Girls Our Future Yielding Accomplished African Women Ghana and Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content Digital Transformation Center Rwanda Information Society Authority Rwanda.
The WSIS Prizes have focused on one goal since their launch a decade ago namely to highlight examples of beneficial and sustainable ICT use for communities everywhere to replicate. Projects that demonstrate how ICTs can accelerate the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strengthen international cooperation are especially needed as the world responds to and recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Below are the winning projects:
Category 1: AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development KSA Free Wi-Fi STC, Zain, Mobily Saudi Arabia
Category 2: AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure National Implementation of the Financial Inclusion Initiative in China China Academy of Information and Communications Technology China
Category 3: AL C3. Access to information and knowledge Comparatel: “Discover the tariff plan for telephony, Internet and Pay TV that suits you best. Compare and choose” Telecommunications Regulatory Agency Peru
Category 4: AL C4. Capacity building Talk to me Contemporary Education Academy Georgia
Category 5: AL C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs Central Biometric Verification Monitoring Platform Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Bangladesh
Category 6: AL C6. Enabling environment A programme of practice-focused training in cybersecurity Central Bank of the Russian Federation Russian Federation
Category 7: AL C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-government “Citizens’ Electronic Appeals” system Data Processing Center (DPC), Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Azerbaijan
Category 8: AL C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-business ServicePlus – A metadata-based eService Delivery Framework National Informatics Centre India
Category 9: AL C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-learning Our Girls Our Future Yielding Accomplished African Women Ghana
Category 10: AL C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-health SHEFAA portal / application Ministry of Health and Prevention United Arab Emirates
Category 11: AL C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-employment Kahramaa Mobile Application – Employee Section Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation — “Kahramaa” Qatar
Category 12: AL C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-environment Al Nawras Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications Bahrain
Category 13 AL C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-agriculture Leveraging Information and Communication Technology for Irrigated Agricultural Information 8villages Indonesia
Category 14: AL C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-science Epidemiological Surveillance 4.0 Ministry of Science and Technology Argentina
Category 15: AL C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content Digital Transformation Center Rwanda Information Society Authority Rwanda
Category 16: AL C9. Media CMHS Radio Caibarién | La Voz de la Villa Blanca CMHS Radio Caibarién Cuba
Category 17: AL C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society Digital Community Center Project Office of the National Digital Economy and Society Commission Thailand
Category 18: AL C11. International and regional cooperation Digital Villages American Tower Corporation United States of America
