#addis — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #addis, aggregated by home.social.
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More impressions from #Fendika in #Addis. Feel so honored to have met Melaku Belay, who poured his heart and soul into this space and has done incredible things for arts and culture. https://loops.video/v/dAjGKi4CjT
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#ADDis having two waffles in your hand, and then NOT having two waffles in your hand, and then spending 15 minutes playing find the waffles.
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"Indigenous knowledge systems chip away at our arrogance"
- Catherine Odora Hoppers -
Before analyzing partnerships we must analyze our past.
- Marema Toure -
"Everything for #Africa, without Africa, is against Africa"
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"Public interest research in #AI is shrinking." And taken over by corporate.
- Lishan Adam -
#ethics in #ai is like #accessibility for design.
everyone agrees it's critical, but it's the last slide in the presentation, and no one budgets for it.
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Solution to #AI use by students, by on of the presenter: "you REQUIRE students to use #AI and send you the chat link".
#Microsoft says thank you.
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Talking about #AI prompting: "you can tell your assistant what you don't want. If you don't want fake citations, you must tell it so."
The list of negatives, common sense to humans, is endless.
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Talking about #AI - "How many of you would like an assistant, one that doesn't complain, doesn't get tired?"
So many problematic parallels to list.
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"Our people are knowledge rich but materially poor."
- Catherine Odora Hoppers -
"Knowledge has been weaponized" (in regards to colonial education in the continent)
- H.E. Sahle-Work Zewde -
Experts propose advancing #AfCFTA implementation as theme of the next #Conference of #Ministers
#Victoria Falls, #Zimbabwe, 2 March 2024 (ECA) - The next #Economic #Commission for #Africa Conference of #African Ministers of #Finance, #Planning and #Economic #Development (COM2025) will be held in #Ethiopia in March 2025.
At the closing of the Experts Segment of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, on 1 March, the meeting proposed to hold COM 2025 in the Ethiopian capital, #Addis #Ababa on the theme, “Advancing the implementation of the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA: Proposing Transformative #Strategic Actions”.
In making the case for the theme, ECA Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief #Economist , Hanan Morsy, said that inter-regional trade in Africa stands at only 13 percent, compared to 55% in Asia and 70% in Europe. Furthermore, we have witnessed disruptions in global supply chains due to global shocks, which has impacted on costs, #trade #flows #costs and #efficiency
She stressed that Africa has an opportunity to leverage the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to break into supply chains that would not have been possible before. However, challenges remain in terms of regulatory reforms needed to advance the implementation of the agreement on non-tariff barriers, the high cost of doing business, #political impediments and connectivity #challenges.
Launched in 2018 by African countries, the AfCFTA is a free trade area to create a single continental #market with a #population of about 1.3 billion people and a combined GDP of approximately US$3,4 trillion. The Agreement entered into force in 2019. At its full realization, the AfCFTA with the mandate of eliminating trade barriers, will bring together the 55 African Union member states.
Ms. Morsy said in proposing the theme on the AfCFTA, policy makers must consider the game changers for advancing the implementation of the free trade agreement which include developing and advancing cross border payments systems, high cost of transportation across Africa and using the AfCFTA agreement to advance the development of carbon markets.
Ms. Morsy said Africa was at the cusp of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and this was happening at a time the continent was grappling with challenges of limited internet access and poor infrastructure. It was critical for Africa to improve access to digital services and also address the skills and education gap.
“One of the things we can look to incorporate when we are talking about the AfCFTA is the need for regional #integration to address the issue of #food #security and #energy transformation,” said Ms. Morsy, noting that without addressing the huge energy gap, Africa cannot accelerate #industrialization and address food insecurity.
English https://www.uneca.org/stories/experts-propose-advancing-afcfta-implementation-as-theme-of-the-next-conference-of-ministers
French https://translated.turbopages.org/proxy_u/en-fr.fr.43dd793d-65e46a76-40789de5-74722d776562/https/www.uneca.org/stories/experts-propose-advancing-afcfta-implementation-as-theme-of-the-next-conference-of-ministers -
Thanks Alula!
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RT @alulapan
If not (yet) Prince Alemayehu himself returning to his homeland, for now Andrew Heavens' captivating and compelling account The Prince and the Plunder has reached #Addis Ababa, here @meskel square @lootplunder @RM_Arjanti @OpenRestitution @ArtRestitution
https://twitter.com/alulapan/status/1647250567402602497 -
#ClimateDiary This morning I read this about the #Drought in #Ethiopia - now an unbelievable 6th rainy season without rain - and messaged a friend near #Addis how it was affecting him. He said not that much a) because not in his area b) they had other, huge problems, as recently displaced by the #OromoLiberationFront 😢 😢. Brought home yet again how #ClimateChange is just one of many simultaneous crises for many of the most vulnerable in the world
https://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/ethiopia-drought-situation-update-1-10-march-2023
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CW: Important news from Ethiopia 2
said foreign forces and militias from #Amhara must leave #Tigray. It is not clear if a total #withdrawal of #Eritrean troops is taking place. According to the agreement, #Tigrayan forces are meant to be disarming. In a sign of progress since the deal was signed almost two months ago, the #Addis Ababa government has restored phone services to parts of Tigray and resumed commercial #flights. #Ethiopia
