ECA, Armenia sign MoU for implementation of Africa’s Agenda 2030 and 2063
To accelerate the smart development concept in implementing Africa’s Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Armenia have signed a memorandum that seeks to unite efforts of the ECA and the Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) to advance that course.
A press release copied to ghanabusiessnwes.com says, the signing took place during Armenia’s Engineering Week that brought together over 500 participants from State, scientific and research, educational organizations, start-ups, and developed engineering companies from around the world.
The release noted that, the signing followed a recent visit to the ECA and Ethiopia by the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan.
The Foreign Minister according to the release, discussed with the ECA areas of interest for potential cooperation, including digital ID, digital trade and digital economy; enhancing ECA’s capacity for data collection; promotion of in-house innovation.
It said, they also talked about external support for Africa’s development agenda; policy-research work and activities with universities in the field of biometric engineering; supporting development of e-government payment processes and intellectual e-property rights.
The Acting Director of the Publication, Conference, Knowledge Management, and ICT Division (PCKMD) Almoustapha Amadou Cisse, who signed on behalf of the ECA said, “Addis Ababa University and Enterprise Incubator Foundation signed a memorandum, followed by consistent discussions that resulted in a cooperation action plan. The outlined efforts are aimed at joint implementation of the national engineering lab programme, which is successful in Armenia, formation of an ecosystem of engineering start-ups, and joint research.”
He said, the Armenia Engineering Week was a great occasion to sign the memorandum and make action plans.
Armenia, a former Soviet republic located in the mountainous Caucasus region between Asia and Europe, is a hub for software development, industrial computing, electronics, and production of semiconductors.
Its information and communication technology sector plays a significant role in the country’s economy due to a competitive labour force, its share of GDP, constant growth in the number of companies, and total turnover.
In the absence of natural resources, the government of Armenia focuses extensively on the concept of innovation and human resources development for its economic revolution agenda, creating the optimum conditions for people to capitalize on their generative capacity through research and development, Mr. Mnatsakanyan said.
By: Asabea Akonor