Summit Agenda
From the most inspiring speakers, to participating in debates about the hottest topics in technology – see 2023’s session line-up.
Professor Allen Robinson, CMU-Africa’ Director will be joined by a CMU-Africa alumna Victoria Munguti, who was also a beneficiary of a Smart Africa scholarship.
This session's spotlight will be an opportunity to learn more about how CMU-Africa is working to advance Africa’s intellectual and digital development as well as hear from a young innovator on how they are working to increase diaspora inflows into the East African market.
CMU-Africa was established in 2011 through a partnership between Carnegie Mellon and the Government of Rwanda. This ambitious and innovative partnership was designed to respond to the critical shortage of high-quality engineering talent required to harness Rwanda and Africa’s tremendous potential as home to the fastest growing workforce in the world. Its graduates are the next generation of technology leaders across Africa, solving African and global challenges through contextually relevant research and developing tech entrepreneurs focused on local and African challenges. CMU-Africa is the only U.S. research university offering its master’s degrees with a full-time faculty, staff, and operations in Africa.
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This session is open to anyone interested in the digital space in Africa, with a focus on inspiring and guiding young people on how to make an impact in the industry. Attendees can expect to gain insights into the experiences of young African trailblazers, learn about the challenges and opportunities available in the digital industry in Africa, and be inspired to take action and make a positive impact.
The Smart Africa Digitalization Acceleration Program (SADAP) is a new initiative by Smart Africa to support member states on their national digital transformation programs, leveraging digitalization to accelerate Africa's socio-economic transformation. In collaboration with the Digital Impact Alliance at the United Nation Foundation, SADAP conducted a benchmarking study across ten member countries and identified gaps/needs. Smart Africa and UNF/DIAL jointly supported the Government of Sierra Leone to address these needs, based on considerations such as a national digital strategy under implementation, strong government institutions, and finalized digital economy strategy. In 2021, DIAL/UNF in collaboration with Smart Africa supported the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Information and Communications to co-create solutions. A peer learning workshop is being organized to validate and learn from peers on the case study of Sierra Leone. This workshop is proposed to be held in a 3-hour closed session of invited country representatives and other stakeholders during Transform Africa.
General enquiries
tas@smartafrica.org
Sponsorship
sponsor@smartafrica.org
Exhibition
exhibit@smartafrica.org