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March 25, 2019
DeputySecretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, has commended thedevelopmental efforts and steady progress in digital technology across Africa,despite challenges and the need to do more.
Shespoke on Monday at the formal opening of the Ministerial Segment of the 52ndSession of the Economic Commission for Africa,ECA conference of AfricanMinisters of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.
Theconference, holding in Marrakech, Morocco, is themed: ‘Fiscal policy, trade andthe private sector in the digital era: a strategy for Africa’.
Mohammedsaid Africa was on the move, especially when compared to progress in otherregions.Her segment attractedparticipants including the UN Undersecretary and Executive Secretary of the ECA,Vera Songwe, and Moustafa Yousif Holi, State Minister of Finance and EconomicPlanning of Sudan, who was also the chairman of the Bureau of experts.