{"id":3036,"date":"2025-10-20T15:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/2025\/?page_id=3036"},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:43:29","slug":"panel-session-5-partnership-investment-government-panel-on-the-role-of-industry-in-delivering-digital-transformation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africa-digital.com\/2025\/panel-session-5-partnership-investment-government-panel-on-the-role-of-industry-in-delivering-digital-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel Session 5: Partnership &#038; Investment: Government Panel on the Role of Industry in Delivering Digital Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"  ><div id=\"x-section-1\" class=\"x-section\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px; background-color: transparent;\"  ><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-2-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 40px 0 0 0;\"><div  class=\"x-video embed with-container\" ><div class=\"x-video-inner\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Abb2mwUPkq4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text\"  ><ul>\n<li><em><strong>HE Barr. 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