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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.

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.