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This report highlights the opportunities to strengthen local communities by sharing digital technologies in the mining sector.
This report underlines important questions about the potential to harness the mining industry to deploy digital technologies and how these may have wider socio-economic impacts. It also raises questions for policy-makers about the social and security risks that accompany increased connectivity and what that means for governments, mining companies, and communities.
The report also highlights successful case studies in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Senegal that demonstrate how targeted investments and policies can enhance the socio-economic benefits of digital connectivity.
Guide
July 16, 2018
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September 13, 2021
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