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The Smart Africa Alliance is a partnership between 30 African countries[1] adhering to the Smart Africa Manifesto. Its goal is to accelerate sustainable socioeconomic development on the African continent[2] through usage of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and through better access to broadband services[3]. Other Partners of the Smart Africa Alliance include the African Union, the ITU, World Bank, the African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the GSMA, ICANN and companies[4]. The Smart Africa Alliance board is chaired by H.E. President Paul Kagame[5][6] and the secretariat is led by Director General Lacina Koné.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13].

References

  1. ^ Ecofin, Agence. "Le Maroc est devenu le 30e membre de l'Alliance Smart Africa". Agence Ecofin (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  2. ^ Africa, CNBC (2019-03-12). "Smart Africa Alliance's new Executive Director unveils his bold plan". CNBC Africa. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  3. ^ "Smart Africa - About".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Smart Africa - About".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Hegarty, Aoife. "SMART Africa Scholarship Fund". engineering.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  6. ^ "Kagame chairs Smart Africa Board Meeting". The New Times | Rwanda. 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  7. ^ Tambur, Silver (2020-07-11). "An Estonian ICT organisation helps Africa turn digital". Estonian World. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  8. ^ "BICS joins One Africa Network initiative to lower roaming charges for Africans". CNBC Africa. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  9. ^ "BICS joins SMART Africa Alliance to enable local roaming". www.capacitymedia.com. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  10. ^ AFRICA, SMART. "Who is Lacina Koné, the new Director General of Smart Africa ?". Ecofin Agency. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  11. ^ "Lacina Koné". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  12. ^ "Lacina Koné (Smart Africa) : « Les opérateurs sont devenus une cible fiscale » – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  13. ^ "KONE". www.broadbandcommission.org. Retrieved 2020-10-01.


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