Sandra Makumbirofa

Digital Economist

[South African Institute of International Affairs @SAIIA_info]

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 ➡️ https://t.co/OtikJKTK09

#tax #informaleconomy #digitalpublicinfrastructure

[Research ICT Africa @RIAnetwork]

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 🖇️ https://t.co/9NHIR09Hy7

[Diplomatische Akademie Wien @DA_vienna]

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.

[Research ICT Africa @RIAnetwork]

EVENT | RightsCon

🗓️25 - 27 February
📌Online; Taipei, Taiwan
🔗Register: https://t.co/GgJNrE2yod

@SandraDMax will speak in the panel, Free Trade Agreements Made in the Dark: Enhancing Transparency and Inclusivity in Digital Trade Negotiations on the 25th.

[Research ICT Africa @RIAnetwork]

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

[Research ICT Africa @RIAnetwork]

@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.

[Alison Gillwald @alison_gillwald]

⁦⁦@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

[Research ICT Africa @RIAnetwork]

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.

[Andrew_Rens @Andrew_Rens]

South Africa needs to upgrade its digital public infrastructure @ScottTimcke and I in Business Day https://t.co/d3tq8TR9mx

[Research ICT Africa @RIAnetwork]

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: https://t.co/aKbFXXvFql

[Scott Timcke @ScottTimcke]

.@RIAnetwork has a new website showcasing our work.

Do go check it out!

https://t.co/P549xFC6zH

[Research ICT Africa @RIAnetwork]

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'.

https://t.co/bZkW1xpGfn

[Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa]

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.

https://t.co/1h5TeMVUwq

[Liz Orembo @lizorembo]

@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

[Freedom Online Coalition @FO_Coalition]

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: https://t.co/KNBUEJhTb1

[Research ICT Africa @RIAnetwork]

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. https://t.co/0OCMohRKPu

[Alison Gillwald @alison_gillwald]

This included the adoption of the #GlobalDigitalCompact @RIAnetwork @MandelaUCT @IDRC_CRDI

[Lawyers Hub @lawyershubHQ]

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 full session here 👉🏼 https://t.co/AnWRw0pU1K

[Liz Orembo @lizorembo]

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

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

When Elinor Ostrom applied for a PhD in economics she was turned away. She took on a different doctorate and in 2009 was the first woman to receive the prize in economic sciences.

This year's prize will be announced on 14 October - get the news here first.