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November 21, 2019 In News

Expert Workshop on Human Rights and Digital Business Activities in Copenhagen Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark:

Expert Workshop on Human Rights and Digital Business Activities gather global experts from global tech corporations, international policy organizations and academia.

The Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR) has commissioned KJAER ADVICE to perform a trend analysis and mapping exercise to identify necessary efforts to address issues of negative impacts caused by technological and digital solutions.

One of the outcomes has been the two-day Expert Workshop on Human Rights Impact Assessments of Digital Business Activities convening 28 global experts within the field of human rights and tech, incl. global tech companies, international policy organizations and academia.

The significance of addressing human rights issues caused by digital business activities has received increased attention over the last couple of years. As more and more individuals have internet access, and the private sector and public institutions alike are going through digital transitions, the potential and actual human rights impacts of digital business activities are increasing.

Currently there is a lack of guidance for assessing and addressing the kinds of impacts that digital business activities can cause, whether by technology companies themselves or other entities conducting digital business activities. This include, but is not limited to, data collection and sharing, automated decision-making, artificial intelligence and algorithms, management and moderation of user-generated content, and provision of digital and internet infrastructure.

It is DIHR intention over the coming years to use its expertise on human rights impact assessment methodology to develop – jointly with global experts – a set of publicly available human rights impact assessment tools and guidance specifically in relation to digital business activities. This to ensure that companies are developing, deploying, and operating digital activities in full respect of human rights.

October 10, 2019 In News

Advising the World Bank on its ‘Digital Moonshot Africa Initiative’

Washington, US:

World Bank Group kick-starts digital transformation across Africa! Working for BLUETOWN, Louise Kjaer has been invited to form part of the ‘Digital Moonshot Africa Initiative’ Consultation Group.

Working for BLUETOWN, Louise Kjaer has been invited to form part of Consultation Group to advise the World Bank on its ‘Digital Moonshot Africa Initiative’. The objective is to double broadband connectivity by 2021 and reach full coverage by 2030.

By the Annual Meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund the resulting report “Connecting Africa Through Broadband: A Roadmap for Inclusive Growth” was launched in Washington DC.

The expected investment is 100 billion USD over the next 10 years. Achieving the Digital Moonshot means having every African citizen, business and government being digitally enabled by 2030. The initiative is going to be vital, not least in terms of job opportunities for the youth.

“The fact that a Danish company is part of ‘Moonshot’ shows that Denmark and our innovative companies are at the front when it concerns development and promotion of the SDGs,” says Danish Minister for Development Cooperation Ulla Tørnæs. The new role positions BLUETOWN as a global expert within internet connectivity in rural areas.

September 14, 2019 In News

Louise Kjaer speaking at the African Green Revolution Forum

Accra, Ghana:

Louise Kjaer is speaking under the theme “Grow Digital” at the annual convention of the African Green Revolution Forum, one of the world’s most impactful fora for African agriculture.

To leverage digital transformation to drive sustainable food systems in Africa, internet connectivity in rural areas across the continent is needed. That is why BLUETOWN’s solutions are at the heart of this important topic. Working for the DK-headquarted company BLUETOWN, Louise Kjær spoke in the panel debate “What’s Needed to Grow Digital? Digital Agriculture Infrastructure” together with experts on mobile networks coverage, access to digital media, data and digital policy, and satellite crop mapping.

February 14, 2019 In News

Preparing partnership project “Connecting the unconnected” with BLUETOWN and CARE

Goaso, Ghana:

Fact-finding Mission with BLUETOWN and CARE preparing partnership project ‘Connecting the unconnected’. Digital innovation may be the key for youth in Africa to create new jobs and a more prosperous future. Read more and see video in the Linkedin post below.

 

 

On behalf the DK-based internet connectivity providing company BLUETOWN Louise Kjaer initiated and has developed this 5-year partnership jointly with the non-governmental organization CARE; With support from Danida the two organizations join forces to help particularly young African farmers build capacity and ownership of their own destiny.

This video is a snapshot of inputs gathered when travelling together across Ghana to listen and learn how best to assist in co-creating sustainable, tech-enabled job opportunities; it shows our conversation with youth at a local senior technical high school in Western Ghana, an area where the majority of people are cocoa farmers.

We wanted to learn how internet access and digital solutions can improve prospects for youth. It is the assumption that by increasing use of technology in agriculture, it becomes more attractive and rewarding for young people to go into agro-business and thereby increases their standard of living. individual, supports national growth, and strengthens BLUETOWN’s Wi-Fi connectivity business, working with the vision to make modern connectivity accessible and affordable for everyone.