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Ghana

Strengthening Digital Cooperation and Economic Ties: Director General Benjamin Brake’s Visit to Ghana

From 12 to 14 March 2025, Benjamin Brake, Director General for Digital and Data Policy at the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) visited Ghana’s capital, Accra, to mark the beginning of the German-Ghanaian Digital Dialogue.

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Brazil

A deep dive into Brazil's data economy: Report on challenges and opportunities

From September to December 2024, the EU-BRA Digital Dialogue and Partnership Facility supported a study on the regulation of the data economy and its implications for Brazil. The research focused on two goals: analysing the impact of data for commercial purposes and providing inputs for developing a Brazilian data economy framework. Take a look at the study below (in PT).

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Kenya

Bridging Markets: German-African IT & BPO Summit – Showcasing Africa’s Outsourcing Potential

Africa's rise as a hub for IT and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is undeniable, with the sector projected to grow at an average rate of 4% annually through 2030. The continent's rich talent pool, competitive costs, and increasing investment in digital infrastructure are making it an attractive destination for global businesses. These trends formed the backdrop for the German-African IT & BPO Summit, held on 2 December 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya. This summit, a pre-event to the German-African Business Summit, provided an exclusive platform for industry leaders and government representatives to explore Africa’s burgeoning role in the global outsourcing market.

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Japan

8th annual meeting of the Japanese-German ICT Policy Dialogue

On 28 November 2024, the 8th annual meeting of the Japanese-German ICT Policy Dialogue took place in Tokyo between the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) and the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC). The central goal was to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the field of digitalisation and to enhance the framework conditions for the international digital economy in the long term.

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Brazil

Open Industry Roadshow: Exploring the role of data spaces in the Brazilian data economy

In November 2024, the Secretariat for the Digital Dialogues in Brazil co-organised the Open Industry Roadshow with the Brazilian IoT Association (ABINC) and the German Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Association (VDMA). The roadshow took place in four different Brazilian cities and underscored the transformative potential of data spaces to leverage the country's data economy.

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Brazil

OpenIMIS and AI: Solutions for social security by Dataprev

From November 4 to 7, 2024, Rio de Janeiro hosted the Technical Seminar of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) under the theme "Artificial Intelligence for Social Security – Building Bridges to the Future." The event brought together ISSA members from the Americas and Portuguese-speaking nations to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dataprev, Brazil’s state-owned leader in social security technology.

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