World Development Information Day

   Partnerships For the Goals Partnerships for Human-Centric Inclusive Digital Transformation. Despite the growing role of digital technologies in advancing sustainable development, the digital divide remains a major challenge. Around 2.2 billion people remain offline globally, and even more lack meaningful access to connectivity, digital skills and digital public services, with persistent gaps across regions, income levels, gender and rural-urban divides. Without stronger cooperation and coordinated action, digitalization risks reinforcing existing gaps rather than helping to close them. This session will bring together governments, UN agencies, the private sector, youth, civil society and other stakeholders to discuss how partnerships can accelerate digital transformation and support progress towards the 2030 Agenda. The round table will explore how digital and AI-enabled solutions can support SDG implementation across various areas such as health, agriculture, education, em...

Theme: Growth through innovation: harnessing data and frontier technologies for the economic transformation of Africa. National anthem Master of Ceremonies: [to be determined] Remarks by the Chair of the outgoing Bureau, Minister of Economy and Finance, Morocco, Nadia Fettah Remarks by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf Remarks by the Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Remarks by the Executive Secretary of ECA, Claver Gatete Remarks by the President of the General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock Official address by the Head of Government of Morocco, Aziz Akhannouch The fifty-eighth session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), including the annual meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, will be held from 28 March to 3 April 2026 in Tangier, in the Kingdom of Morocco, on the theme "Growth through innovation: harnessing data and f...