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Plug and Play Joins UNWTO and Wakalua to Invite Startups to Pitch Ways to Accelerate SDGs

July 28, 2020InnovationArticles, Play, Sustainable design, Sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goals, Tourism, United Nations Development Group, World Tourism Organizationsmbale

Plug and Play joins the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) new Startup Competition in collaboration with Wakalua, as it looks to identify innovators with the power to further tourism’s cross-cutting contribution to sustainable development. As the United Nations specialized agency for tourism, UNWTO has been guiding the sector’s efforts to contribute to the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Read more

03Oct/15

Celebrating 2015 United Nations International Day of the Girl

October 3, 2015EventArticles, Baroness Sandip Verma, Because I Am a Girl, Beijing, Beijing Declaration, British Hindus, Cassandra Martinez, Department for International Development, Dr Cassandra Martinez-King Chief Executive London Petroleum Law & Management School, Elio D'Anna, Gender, Gender equality, House of Lords, Humans, International Day of the Girl Child, Irene Sinclair, Justina Mutale, Justina Mutale Foundation for Leadership, London, Mutale, Naana Otoo-Oyortey, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Robin Marsh Secretary-General, Ruguru, Sabine Balve, Sandip Verma Baroness Verma, Student/Film Maker, Sustainable Development Goals, United Kingdom, United Nations, Universal Peace Federation, Women's empowermentsmbale

Celebrating 2015 United Nations International Day of the Girl
featuring the Official Launch of the Justina Mutale Foundation for Leadership
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03Aug/15

African Data platform launched to challenge Global development community for accuracy of Data

August 3, 2015TechnologyAfrica, Articles, civil society, Data, Data Scientist, Development, Economics, Economy, Environmental social science, Facebook, Geographic information system, Ghana, International development, Kenya, London, Mariéme Jamme, Maternal health, Millennium Development Goals, New York, New York City, Poverty, Rwanda, Senegal, Social Issues, Socioeconomics, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goals, Technology/Internet, ThoughtWorks, Zambiasmbale

“The African continent deserves better and more accurate data”

London August 2015 (ACCUR8DATA) – A group of prominent African leaders in the field of data and innovation from Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Rwanda and Senegal announced the launch of the Accur8Africa platform to improve the accuracy of data in the continent before the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in New York this coming September at the 70th United Nation General Assembly.
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