{"id":5431,"date":"2024-01-09T15:51:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T15:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/?page_id=5431"},"modified":"2024-03-20T12:16:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T12:16:12","slug":"the-role-of-tech-connectivity-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/the-role-of-tech-connectivity-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Tech &#038; Connectivity in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5431\" class=\"elementor elementor-5431\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-212f54a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"212f54a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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href=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/sponsors\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Sponsors<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-140\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/ADIS24-Corporate-Gov-Foundation-Sponsorship.pdf\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Engagement Opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0893e0 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0893e0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-215e4580\" data-id=\"215e4580\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f7c8d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f7c8d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-narrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22145521\" data-id=\"22145521\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bef56fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bef56fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Technology has been playing a critical role in our lives for decades and is now also playing a key role in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2023\/02\/technology-climate-change-adaptation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate adaptation\u00a0<\/a>measures. Many of these solutions are innovative, low-cost and easy to access; however,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dig.watch\/updates\/itu-report-one-third-of-the-global-population-remains-unconnected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one-third of the world still lacks access to the internet<\/a>\u00a0and many have low digital and tech literacy skills. This is particularly the case in rural and remote communities, who can often be the most vulnerable to climate change.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2344a01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2344a01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn this session, we hear from entrepreneurs, development actors and community leaders using technology in unique ways to adapt to climate change. We explore the role of tech and connectivity in climate change, and particularly how they are helping to reach and support remote rural communities in Africa. We take a look at the resources available to these communities and the digital solutions providing them access to conversations and innovations helping them to adapt to climate change.\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d886665\" data-id=\"3d886665\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-68c75f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68c75f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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Us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2f29ef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a2f29ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-676e490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"676e490\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Speakers<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e64e4b e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9e64e4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56eeca5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-member happy-addon ha-member\" data-id=\"56eeca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ha-member-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/Uzodinma-Iweala.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-disable-animation attachment-full size-full wp-image-7284\" alt=\"Uzodinma Iweala\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/Uzodinma-Iweala.jpg 400w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/Uzodinma-Iweala-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/Uzodinma-Iweala-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;max-width:400px;\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ha-member-body\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"ha-member-name\">Uzodinma Iweala<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-member-position\"> Chief Executive Officer (CEO), The Africa Center <b>(Moderator)<\/b><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-member-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Uzodinma Iweala is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, and medical doctor. As the CEO of The Africa Center, he is dedicated to promoting new narratives about Africa and its Diaspora. Uzodinma was the CEO, Editor-In-Chief, and co-Founder of Ventures Africa magazine, a publication that covers the evolving business, policy, culture, and innovation spaces in Africa. His books include Beasts of No Nation, a novel released in 2005 to critical acclaim and adapted into a major motion picture; Our Kind of People, a non-fiction account of HIV\/AIDS in Nigeria released in 2012; and Speak No Evil (2018), a novel about a queer first-generation Nigerian-American teen living in Washington, D.C.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd031fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-member happy-addon ha-member\" data-id=\"fd031fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ha-member-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Brian-Bell.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-disable-animation attachment-full size-full wp-image-6457\" alt=\"Brian Bell\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Brian-Bell.jpg 400w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Brian-Bell-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Brian-Bell-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;max-width:400px;\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ha-member-body\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"ha-member-name\">Brian Bell<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-member-position\">Board President and Head of Business, A2SV<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-member-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Adopted at birth, Brian has always understood the limitations and opportunities that are defined by geography. In his career, he has sought to contribute to and create digital solutions that enable people, workers, and ideas to overcome geographic limitations. He spent many years at Upwork, helping grow it to the world's largest work marketplace. More recently, his attention has shifted to more focused communities within Security and Legal.  Having been the Board President for A2SV since 2021, in 2024 he will take a more active role. His aim is to utilize digital marketplaces and online communities to unlock new opportunities for African talent, fostering growth and innovation.\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a24db4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-member happy-addon ha-member\" data-id=\"1a24db4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ha-member-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Rohit-Jain.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-disable-animation attachment-full size-full wp-image-6458\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Rohit-Jain.jpg 400w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Rohit-Jain-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Rohit-Jain-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;max-width:400px;\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ha-member-body\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"ha-member-name\">Rohit Jain<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-member-position\">CIO, Harvard Business School Alumni Association<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-member-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rohit is the CIO for Harvard Business School Alumni Association and serves on the Advisory Board. In addition to his CIO responsibilities, Rohit is an investor \/ advisor at the Harvard Business School Angels, advisor at the Harvard New Venture Contest and a Mentor at the Innovation Lab, Harvard University. He serves on the Harvard Business Review Advisory board and is frequently quoted in Forbes. He is an alum of Harvard Business School.He is also the Vice President of Technology, Applications and Analytics at iRhythm (Nasdaq: IRTC) a digital healthcare company redefining the way cardiac arrhythmias are clinically diagnosed by combining wearable biosensing technology with deep machine-learning capabilities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18a10bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-member happy-addon ha-member\" data-id=\"18a10bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ha-member-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Yeukai-Mlambo.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-disable-animation attachment-full size-full wp-image-7175\" alt=\"Yeukai Mlambo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Yeukai-Mlambo.jpg 400w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Yeukai-Mlambo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis24\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Yeukai-Mlambo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;max-width:400px;\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ha-member-body\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"ha-member-name\">Yeukai Mlambo<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-member-position\">Arizona State University<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-member-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yeukai Angela Mlambo (PhD) is Executive Director of Africa Initiatives in the office of Global Academic Initiatives at Arizona State University, and Assistant Research Professor at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at ASU. Her administrative portfolio encompasses advancing the university's African initiatives and strategy, and overseeing various EdTech projects, scholarships, and programs. Her academic scholarship is focused on transforming higher education leadership by emphasizing access, inclusivity, and equity for historically marginalized groups. 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