Organizing and leading a high level delegation to Silicon Valley

Client
Jobs Creation Commission, under the Prime Minister’s Office of Ethiopia 

Background
As part of its large national reforms since H.E Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed took power, Ethiopia defined a Homegrown Economic Reform with one of the components being the digital economy but awareness for it was low in the public sector

​Solution
L&A proposed to the JCC Commissioner a trip to Silicon Valley and the Seattle area for a high level delegation composed of public sector ministers/state ministers as well as private sector executives
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Outcome

1. Re-branded Ethiopia as an Emerging Tech and Outsourcing Hub
2. Increased awareness of the importance of the digital economy to public sector decision makers
3. Increased awareness of the local Ethiopian startup Ecosystem for public sector decision makers 
4. Improved private/public sector dialogue on digital economy and startup ecosystem building topics
5. Initiated the study and legal text for the Startup and Innovative Businesses Proclamation 
6. Re-invigorated work for the Personal Data Protection Proclamation
7. Accelerated the development of the National Digital Transformation Strategy and stressed its importance
8. Initiated digital upskilling programs with large tech companies (Microsoft, Vmware,Cisco)

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