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SAMENA COUNCIL ACTIVITY SAMENA TRENDS

SAMENA COUNCIL ACTIVITY

At the 1st Annual Meeting of the ITU’s Partner2Connect Digital Coalition,
SAMENA Telecommunications Council Presses Upon Intensified Global
Collaboration to Fund & Finance Digital Broadband Infrastructure and

Green ICTs

SAMENA Telecommunications Council’s the key areas of collaboration in being investments are sustainable and come from
CEO Bocar BA, during the Partner2Connect able to move forward with regards to a broad range of contributors, incentives
Digital Coalition’s first annual meeting scaling sustainable digital transformation must be made central to policies going
in Geneva, emphasized the importance include appropriate financing and funding forward. BA also highlighted in this regard
of strong global partnerships and mechanisms, including incentives for the that key recommendations are available
cooperation to accelerate progress- private sector to invest, and infrastructures in the BBCom’s 21st Century financing,
making toward fulfilling the Sustainable needed for scaling. He also underscored funding, and investment models WG
Development Goals. BA reiterated that collaborative pathways for a green ICT Report, which has particularly described
sector, including for space, as key to and recommended how different economic
To advance further the achieving a sustainable future. Bocar BA stakeholders can be enabled to contribute
to digital infrastructure and how demand-
commended the achievements of the P2C
goal of sustainable dig- initiative to bring together stakeholders side initiatives can be taken to foster
ital transformation, BA from the entire spectrum of the digital adoption. The first Annual Meeting of the
P2C Coalition took place on 8 December
ecosystem, and beyond. He highlighted
highlighted the need for the tremendous efforts that the private 2022 to report on progress on the
access to new capital sector has committed to connecting the implementation of pledges made through
the Coalition, celebrate the announcement
unconnected. To advance further the goal
and stressed that fund- of sustainable digital transformation, BA of new pledges and commitments, discuss
ing and financing mech- highlighted the need for access to new the challenges and opportunities for
capital and stressed that funding and
connecting the unconnected at specific
anisms, approaches and financing mechanisms, approaches and breakout sessions, as well as network
infrastructures must infrastructures must be made available and and share experiences to further advance
efficiently put in place across all countries
global digital transformation. The meeting
be made available and and in LDCs to support the scaling of was attended by over 600 participants.
efficiently put in place sustainable ICT solutions. To ensure that

across all countries and
in LDCs to support the
scaling of sustainable
ICT solutions. To ensure

that investments are
sustainable and come
from a broad range of
contributors, incentives

must be made central to
policies going forward.
Bocar BA, CEO & Board

Member of SAMENA Council

5 NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2022