At Davos, digital cooperation organization launches pioneering digital fdi initiative with WEF and leads discussions on digital inclusion

At Davos, digital cooperation organization launches pioneering digital fdi initiative with WEF and leads discussions on digital inclusion

The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, engaging the world’s foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

Unveiled at Davos by DCO Secretary-General Deemah AlYahya and WEF President Børge Brende, the Digital FDI Initiative aims to help countries around the world, identify and implement policies, regulations and other measures to make their digital industries more investment-friendly. To implement the initiative, DCO’s digital FDI experts will collaborate with partners from the private sector, academia, think tanks, other international organizations and civil society.

The DCO also hosted an event entitled Accelerating Digital Prosperity, bringing together some of the world’s leading authorities in digital transformation. Moderated by Rudolph Lohmeyer of Kearney’s National Transformations Institute, the session was led by Paula Ingabire, Minister of Information and Communications Technology and Innovation of Rwanda, a DCO member state; and Francois Barrault, chairman of the European digital economy think tank IDATE Digiworld.

In addition to headlining the DCO’s events at Davos, Secretary-General AlYahya was invited to speak at several public and private sessions, including the plenary session Unlocking New Investment and Services Markets, in the company of heads of state, government ministers and the C-suite executives of