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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear team at the The African IXP Association,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am contacting you on behalf of the Digital Investment Facility (DIF) at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ, Regional Hub, Dakar Senegal),
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<p class="MsoNormal">where we thrive to match European Union (EU) funding with impactful projects connected with green and secure data infrastructure in the sub-Saharan West Africa.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please find related presentation attached.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The mandate for the GIZ / DIF – stemming from the Data Economy project, originates in the strategic partnership between the African Union (AU) and the EU around the Digital transformation of Africa.
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Also, please find useful links below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://d4dhub.eu/data-governance-in-africa-digital-investment-facility">https://d4dhub.eu/data-governance-in-africa-digital-investment-facility</a></span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://d4dhub.eu/initiatives/data-governance-in-africa">https://d4dhub.eu/initiatives/data-governance-in-africa</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsonormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20220218/6th-european-union-african-union-summit-joint-vision-2030">https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20220218/6th-european-union-african-union-summit-joint-vision-2030</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/funding-and-technical-assistance/funding-instruments/european-fund-sustainable-development-plus_en">European Fund for Sustainable
Development Plus - European Commission (europa.eu)</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>We will be thrilled to acquaint interested members with our funding/support mechanism and dig together an avenue for collaboration.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you. Your feedback / acknowledgment of present email would oblige us.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Carvalho, Edouard</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Technical Infrastructure Expert, Digital Investment Facility (DIF)</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Team Europe Action “Data Governance in Africa”, co-funded by the European Union</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Data Economy Initiative | Global Programme Digital Transformation</span><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Division Economic and Social Development, Digitalisation (G100)</span><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
<b><span style="color:#C00000">giz</span> </b></span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH</span><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Immeuble Linguére, Rue de Kolda x Piscine Olympique Point E
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Dakar, Sénégal<br>
M + 221 77 284 94 57<br>
E </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:thierno.carvalho@giz.de"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#467886">thierno.carvalho@giz.de</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
I </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.giz.de/"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#467886">www.giz.de</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Sitz der Gesellschaft Bonn und Eschborn/Registered offices Bonn and Eschborn, Germany;<br>
Registergericht/Registered at Amtsgericht Bonn, Germany; Eintragungs-Nr./Registration no. HRB 18384 und/and Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Eintragungs-Nr./Registration no. HRB 12394;<br>
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Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats/Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Jochen Flasbarth;<br>
Vorstand/Management Board: Thorsten Schaefer-Guembel (Vorstandssprecher/Chair), Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven (Stellvertretende Vorstandssprecherin/Vice-Chair), Anna Sophie Herken<br>
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