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Cosmas Zavazava

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Cosmas Zavazava

@ITUBDTDirector

Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau @ITUDevelopment Committed to impactful & human-centric #DigitalDevelopment & sustainable #DigitalTransformation.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Joined June 2009

Cosmas Zavazava
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Pleased to announce the launch of “Leveraging AI to Enhance Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems” at #AIforGood, our new flagship report developed in partnership with @UNDRR, @WMO, and @ifrc, through the #AI Group of the #EarlyWarningsForAll initiative. The report explores #AI
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A great start to #AIforGood, delivering opening remarks at @Cisco’s workshop on Trustworthy AI through AI Security. Without security, #AI cannot be trustworthy. Building confidence in #AI means embedding security at every layer, from data and models to deployment, so innovation
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Pleased to meet jointly with @UN Resident Coordinators from 🇦🇴 @AMukwashi, 🇸🇿 @WachiraGeorgeW, 🇨🇷 @pablodavidsc, 🇲🇪 @CTissotUN and 🇧🇦 @ArnhildSpence. We discussed how @ITU-D can work more closely with #UN Country Teams and Resident Coordinators to advance digital development and
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A pleasure to meet with H.E. @AngellahKairuki, Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Tanzania. We had an excellent discussion on strengthening 🇹🇿’s partnership with @ITU-D across cybersecurity, #EW4All, school connectivity, capacity building, digital and #AI
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Pleased to meet with H.E. Mustafa Jabbar Sanad, Minister of Communications of the Republic of Iraq. We discussed building on our collaboration, especially on capacity building, and how Iraq can benefit from @ITUDevelopment's expertise across key areas of digital development. I
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Engaging discussion with Saidou Pona Sankaré, President of Mali’s Authority of @AMRTP_MALI. We discussed strengthening collaboration on capacity building, the Africa Broadband Maps project with @EU_Partnerships, digital infrastructure and school connectivity, as well as Mali’s
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On the sidelines of @UN #AIDialogue, I met with Lara Mohammad El Khateeb, Chairperson of @TRCJO. We spoke about ongoing collaboration to advance digital development in Jordan, including capacity building, cybersecurity, #ChildOnlineProtection, and expanding connectivity for
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Fruitful meeting with @honkabogo, Cabinet Secretary for @MoICTKenya on ways to address affordability challenges, scale up capacity-building activities and strengthen data-driven approaches to digital development in Kenya. I look forward to strengthening our partnership in areas
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Great to meet with Seymur Bayramov, Head of the International Cooperation Division at @idda_azerbaijan. We discussed Azerbaijan’s priorities to fully digitize public services, including the integration of public services, as well as cybersecurity and the development of a
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The Inter-Regional Cyberdrill for Africa and the Arab States concluded in Victoria Falls 🇿🇼 with practical trainings to strengthen cyber readiness across both regions. Glad to see participants engage actively in the trainings, deepening their skills in incident response,
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Delighted to meet with H.E. @EmmaInamut, Minister of Information, Communication and Technology of Namibia @MICTNamibia, joined by H.E. Ambassador Elvis Toolouta Shiweda. We discussed working together to help young people scale their ideas on digital development, through the
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Good meeting with H.E. Sebastian Bastian, Minister of Innovation and National Development of The Bahamas. I thanked 🇧🇸 for hosting trainings as part of our work on universal and meaningful connectivity. We discussed the importance of capacity building in shaping #AI policies,
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Excellent discussion with H.E. @ouatt_djibril, Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation of Côte d’Ivoire. We discussed our ongoing collaboration, especially on e-waste, emergency telecommunications, digital skills and statistics to help keep track of the
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