| dc.description | Aida Opoku-Mensah recently retired from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa as its Chief of Staff to the Executive Secretary & Special Advisor on SDGs. Her two decades with the commission centered around roles within the areas of ICT as well as the Sustainable Development Goals. In her capacity as Director of the ICT, Science & Technology Division, she Managed the work programme of the Division – ‘Harnessing Information, Science and Technology for Development’ and Built constituencies within Africa with Academia, CSOs, Privates Sector, Governments, Youth, Women, media, MPs, and collaborated with partners to support programmes. While Special Advisor on SDGs & the Focal Person for Combatting Illicit Financial Flows Aida Coordinated and provided strategic advice on SDG activities within the Commission. She Led and completed the development of the AU-UN Framework on Implementing Agenda 2063 and the SDGs - which was signed by the UN Sec-General and the AU Chairperson in 2018. | en |
