A shorted version of our paper on African RENs’ contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been featured on the latest CONNECT Magazine from GÉANT, CONNECT43, on pages 55-56.
“In 2015, the world agreed on a common direction: create a better and more sustainable world, through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 193 countries, meeting at the UN General Assembly, agreed to make the world a better place by 2030. The SDGs have since become a benchmark for measuring the efforts of countries and organisations towards making the world a better place to live. The tick of the clock shows that the world has seven years left to attain the 17 Global Goals; and the interests of policy decision-makers and funding organisations have heightened.”
To read the full piece, download the issue at connect.geant.org/connect43