Sandra Makumbirofa @SandraDMax
Digital Economist Cape Town, South Africa Joined August 2022-
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NEW RESEARCH | @kesamopipi, @roland_banya and @SandraDMax explore how digital public infrastructure can help governments improve tax visibility, reduce the shadow economy, and unlock much-needed revenue. Get the report ➡️ bit.ly/3IdEHKC #tax #informaleconomy…
BLOG | Grok AI: A Conduit for Misinformation in the Digital Age 🛑 RIA researchers unpack Grok's influence on the accelerated spread of misinformation on social media platforms. Read the blog here 🖇️ bit.ly/3Ih5ODX
Since 2011, the Milton Wolf Seminar, a collaborative effort between @USCAnnenberg and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, has provided a unique platform for leading scholars, diplomats, and experts to explore the intersection of diplomacy, communication, and global affairs.
EVENT | RightsCon 🗓️25 - 27 February 📌Online; Taipei, Taiwan 🔗Register: bit.ly/4jP6aAj @SandraDMax will speak in the panel, Free Trade Agreements Made in the Dark: Enhancing Transparency and Inclusivity in Digital Trade Negotiations on the 25th.
EVENT | RightsCon 🗓️25 - 27 February 📌Online; Taipei, Taiwan 🔗Register: bit.ly/4jP6aAj @SandraDMax will speak in the panel, Free Trade Agreements Made in the Dark: Enhancing Transparency and Inclusivity in Digital Trade Negotiations on the 25th.
NEW PAPER | ‘Towards an equitable and just economic policy for AI in Africa’ by @SandraDMax, Roland Banya, Andrew Partridge, @Andrew_Rens & Samantha Msipa examines AI's profound implications for Africa’s economies. #JustAI #AfricaJustAI
@afrisig @APC_News @guyberger @SandraDMax @lizorembo RIA & @afrisig's session on "Data as a Public Good" is underway. In her introduction moderator Anriette Esterhuysen sets out that the session will explore access to data, current research on data and elections as well as the recently launched African Alliance for Access to Data.
@RIAnetwork senior economist @SandraDMax and researcher @lizorembo @ Nigeria partner @folaodufuwa present recommendations of #Afrisig2024 on implications of #AfCFTA Digital Protocols for #datagovernance @IDRC_CRDI @giz_gmbh
EVENT | African School on Internet Governance 🎒 🛜 RIA Researchers are participating as expert faculty members in the 12th annual #AfriSIG24 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This year's programme is co-convened by RIA, @APC_News and the @_AfricanUnion.
South Africa needs to upgrade its digital public infrastructure @ScottTimcke and I in Business Day businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/202…
READ | RIA's @lizorembo reflects on our recent engagement on governing data as a public good during the Summit of the Future and UN General Assembly hosted in collab with @ECA_OFFICIAL & the Global South Alliance: bit.ly/47VQ6a4
.@RIAnetwork has a new website showcasing our work. Do go check it out! researchictafrica.net
READ | RIA's @ScottTimcke considers questions about fairness, cooperation, & the tensions that arise when trying to balance competing interests it the context of the newly published UN High-level Advisory Body on #AI report 'Governing AI for Humanity'. bit.ly/3XJmVlV
In 2025 South Africa will assume the presidency of the #G20. We will use this important role to advocate for the development and advancing of the peoples of Africa and for all the global South. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@alison_gillwald moderating this #UNGA79 side event. Some of the questions going to be addressed: 1. How can the AI for humanity report align with international law and with international human rights frameworks 2. How does it address the distribution of opportunities and harms
1/3: Today on the margins of #UNGA79 in New York, 🇳🇱 Minister of Foreign Affairs Caspar Veldkamp will host the @FO_Coalition Ministerial Side-Event "AI for Humanity: Charting the Global Course for Human Rights-Based Governance". Watch live at 11.30 EDT: freedomonlinecoalition.com/ministerial-ev…
The Global Digital Compact #GDC has been forged as an attempt to promote an “inclusive, open, sustainable, fair, safe and secure digital future for all”, supporting the #SDGs set out in the UN 2030 Agenda. un.org/techenvoy/glob…
This included the adoption of the #GlobalDigitalCompact @RIAnetwork @MandelaUCT @IDRC_CRDI
This included the adoption of the #GlobalDigitalCompact @RIAnetwork @MandelaUCT @IDRC_CRDI
Catch up on Dr. Sandra Makumbirofa, PhD @SandraDMax Senior Researcher at Research ICT Africa @RIAnetwork, as she delves into the discussion on Shaping the #AI Policy Landscape for a #Digital Africa, in a session at the recently concluded Africa Law Tech Festival 2024. Watch the…
Currently underway: The Data Compact we Need. Amb. Guilherme of UNESCO mentions the tech assistance we did, @RIAnetwork for the G20 connecting data governance and information integrity. The G20 countries are in agreement with these linkages. #SummitoftheFuture2024 #GDC
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