{"id":123,"date":"2023-01-03T22:39:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2023-12-13T08:36:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T08:36:58","slug":"content-meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/2024\/content-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Content &#038; Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"  ><div id=\"pre-scheduled-meetings\" class=\"x-section bg-image\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px; background-image: url(https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Digital-Africa_logo_White_BG-Ghosted-2.jpg); background-color: transparent;\"  data-x-element=\"section\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;parallax&quot;:false}\" ><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline cs-ta-center h3\" ><span>Pre-Scheduled Ministerial &#038; Government Meetings<\/span><\/h2><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 20px 0 0 0;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-2\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(-45px, 0); transition-duration: 750ms;\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\"  data-fade=\"true\"><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 5px 0 0 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"x-img x-img-thumbnail\"  src=\"https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meetings-1.jpg\" ><div class=\"x-text\"  ><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"color: #1f5b9c;\">\u201cThrough your meticulous organisation and effective matchmaking system, we capitalised on networking opportunities to share our mission with participating governments. Undoubtedly, Digital Government Africa will play a pivotal role in the digital transformation across the continent.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><strong>Roman \u017dnidari\u010d<\/strong> &#8211; Executive Director, <strong>Cetis<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-2\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(45px, 0); transition-duration: 750ms;\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\"  data-fade=\"true\"><div class=\"x-text cs-ta-justify\"  ><p>At the heart of the summit is the unique format of dedicated pre-scheduled meetings between industry and government ministers and officials. <strong>Digital Government Africa<\/strong> is the must attend event for technology companies, digital implementers and solution providers who wish to advance their business in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Over 300 ministers and government officials from 30+ African countries will participate in the forum. They urgently need to meet with companies who can improve digital government, national electronic infrastructures, the efficiency of paper-based systems and financial information management and taxation systems. The digital transformation of public sector services in African countries is an essential pillar of government policy to build capacity and develop human capital. Accordingly, the summit will have over 50 dedicated meeting tables representing ministries for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Home Affairs, Interior &amp; Internal Security<\/li>\n<li>Information Communications Technology (ICT), Technology &amp; Science<\/li>\n<li>Finance &amp; National Planning<\/li>\n<li>Digital Economy<\/li>\n<li>Office of President, E-Government Units<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"x-img x-img-thumbnail\"  src=\"https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meetings-2.jpg\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"content\" class=\"x-section bg-image\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px; background-image: url(https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Digital-Africa_logo_White_BG-Ghosted-2.jpg); background-color: transparent;\"  data-x-element=\"section\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;parallax&quot;:false}\" ><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div class=\"x-text cs-ta-center\"  ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #1f5b9c;\">\u201cThe summit has been truly successful. It has been great to bring together policy makers and industry.\u201d<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Hon Paula Ingabire<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Minister of ICT &#038; Innovation, <strong>Rwanda<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline cs-ta-center h3\" ><span>Championing Africa&#8217;s Digital Transformation<\/span><\/h2><div class=\"x-text cs-ta-center\"  ><h4>DIGITAL GOVERNMENT AFRICA PARTICIPATION 2023<\/h4>\n<\/div><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 20px 0 0 0;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 30px;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-counter\" data-x-element=\"counter\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;numEnd&quot;:635,&quot;numSpeed&quot;:1500}\"  ><span class=\"text-above\" >NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS<\/span><div class=\"number-wrap w-h\" ><span class=\"number\">0<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-counter\" data-x-element=\"counter\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;numEnd&quot;:580,&quot;numSpeed&quot;:1500}\"  ><span class=\"text-above\" >NUMBER OF PRE-SCHEDULED MEETINGS<\/span><div class=\"number-wrap w-h\" ><span class=\"number\">0<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-counter\" data-x-element=\"counter\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;numEnd&quot;:370,&quot;numSpeed&quot;:1500}\"  ><span class=\"text-above\" >NUMBER OF MINISTERS &amp; OFFICIALS<\/span><div class=\"number-wrap w-h\" ><span class=\"number\">0<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-2\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(-45px, 0); transition-duration: 750ms;\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\"  data-fade=\"true\"><div class=\"x-text cs-ta-justify\"  ><p>Key content addressed at <strong>Digital Government Africa 2024<\/strong> will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital government infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>National digital ID and citizen participation<\/li>\n<li>Digital financial services<\/li>\n<li>Government wide area networks, national data centres and cloud services<\/li>\n<li>Government financial management information systems<\/li>\n<li>E-government electronic procurement<\/li>\n<li>Tax online, government payment gateway and payroll management<\/li>\n<li>Information systems security, data privacy and cyber safeguarding<\/li>\n<li>Digital entrepreneurship and innovation<\/li>\n<li>Leadership, governance and data-driven decision making<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-2\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(45px, 0); transition-duration: 750ms;\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\"  data-fade=\"true\"><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 5px 0 0 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"x-img x-img-thumbnail\"  src=\"https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Stage-1.jpg\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div class=\"x-text cs-ta-center\"  ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #1f5b9c;\">\u201cWe are looking to international partnerships, because this is where you will pick out the best tools,<br \/>\nto allow you to make the necessary move to digital government which everyone has to do.\u201d<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Hon Errol Fonseka<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Minister of Internal Affairs, <strong>Seychelles<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 20px 0 0 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"x-img x-img-thumbnail\"  src=\"https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meetings-3.jpg\" ><div class=\"x-text cs-ta-center\"  ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #1f5b9c;\">\u201cWhat struck me most was the precision with which these interactions were facilitated. The organizers, relentless in their discipline, ensured that each dialogue adhered to the time limit. This not only maintained the summit\u2019s pace but also upheld a spirit of fairness and inclusivity for all participants.\u201d<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Dalene Dale<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0CEO, <strong>BGH<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"industry-partners\" class=\"x-section bg-image\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px; background-image: url(https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Digital-Africa_logo_White_BG-Ghosted-2.jpg); background-color: transparent;\"  data-x-element=\"section\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;parallax&quot;:false}\" ><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline cs-ta-center h3\" ><span>Industry Partners<\/span><\/h2><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 20px 0 0 0;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-2\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(-45px, 0); transition-duration: 750ms;\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\"  data-fade=\"true\"><div class=\"x-text cs-ta-justify\"  ><p><strong>Digital Government Africa 2024 <\/strong>offers an outstanding choice of different options to industry, allowing companies to select a bespoke package that guarantees pre-scheduled meetings along with exhibition and branding throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p>Benefits include a variety of options for exhibition, corporate presentation, chairing of a ministerial panel session, imaginative ways to showcase your company on delegate bags, badges and lanyards. Branding is throughout the venue on screens and banners, electronically on the Digital Government Africa website plus branding and profiles on all printed materials including the agenda and event app. Priority meeting times are set aside for top-level industry partners.<\/p>\n<p>Personal invitation letters are sent from the Government of Zambia to all relevant African ministers, encouraging their participation along with high-level delegations to join the pre-scheduled meetings with companies dedicated to enhancing Africa\u2019s digital transformation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-2\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(45px, 0); transition-duration: 750ms;\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\"  data-fade=\"true\"><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 5px 0 0 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"x-img x-img-thumbnail\"  src=\"https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Stage-2.jpg\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"x-img x-img-thumbnail\"  src=\"https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Collage-2.jpg\" ><div class=\"x-text cs-ta-center\"  ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #1f5b9c;\">\u201cThe organization was perfect and we had the chance to meet with the relevant delegations from the ministries of 26 countries. Furthermore, the agenda led me to understand what are the digitalization plans of countries. Having the privilege to hear President Hichilema\u2019s and Tony Blair\u2019s opinions was stimulating.\u201d<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Franco Martino, <\/strong><strong>Almawave<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-123","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Content &amp; Meetings - Digital Government Africa 2024<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/2024\/content-meetings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Content &amp; 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