Project Details


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Africa UN Knowledge Hub on COVID-19


Description

The Africa UN Knowledge Hub for COVID19 is a portal developed by the UN Development System in Africa to act as a one-stop-shop on information and resources relevant to Africa on the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hub harnesses information and resources from credible sources including WHO, regional UN agencies, Ministries of Health of African governments, and credible news channels amongst other reliable information sources. The portal also provides intelligent data dashboards and an intelligent, contextualized federated search engine to provide up-to-date and trusted information on the pandemic in a user-friendly manner.

Project website

https://knowledge.uneca.org/covid19


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C6. Enabling environment
  • AL C7. E-government
  • AL C9. Media
  • AL C11. International and regional cooperation 2022
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 1: No poverty
  • Goal 3: Good health and well-being
  • Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
  • Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
  • Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

Coverage
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad (Republic of)
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde (Republic of)
  • Djibouti
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Mauritius
  • Mauritania
  • Mali
  • Malawi
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • South Africa
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somali (Democratic Republic)
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Kingdom of Eswatini
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2020

End date

Not set


WSIS values promotion

AI/ML, data visualization, Drupal CMS, Federated Search Engine technology with advanced algorithms, information harvesting - these technologies and the portal are part of the overall digital transformation process taking place within the UN system to improve regional coordination and responses to common issues affecting the Member States served by the different UN agencies in the region.


Entity name

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Entity country—type

Ethiopia International Organization

Entity website

https://www.uneca.org