Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 37 | Page 24

LATEST REGIONAL PROJECT UPDATE TUNISIA Tunisia and India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) innovation centre. The memorandum was signed by Interim Tunisian Foreign Minister, Sabri Bachtobji, and visiting Indian Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The two officials discussed various aspects of Tunisian–Indian cooperation as well as a host of regional and international issues of common interest, according to a ministry statement. Talks also dealt with preparations for an imminent 13th session of the Tunisian–Indian Joint Committee. GHANA Siemens has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Ghana to address the country’s energy and infrastructure challenges, while contributing to the government’s growth and development agenda of creating high quality jobs and enhancing the vocational skills of Ghana’s youth. Under the agreement, the two companies will work collaboratively to upgrade and extend Ghana’s transmission infrastructure, improve the country’s grid capacity and stability, enable and expand a stable power export to neighbouring countries in the West African Power Pool. 24 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com