NRI 2025 Digital Outperformers Webinar

Registration is now open: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cCCDYg24SV2byGxywatkkg#/registration

Portulans Institute invites you to a virtual discussion highlighting the 2025 Network Readiness Index pillar outperformers. This session will spotlight economies that exceed expectations across the four NRI pillars (Technology, People, Governance, and Impact) with featured perspectives from India, the Philippines, Ukraine, and Kenya.

Join us as we explore these trends with high-level speakers from government, industry, and civil society and highlight best practices for meaningful digital transformation.

Chinasa T. Okolo, Ph.D., Author of AI Governance in a Global Context, NRI 2025

Shri Jaipal, Director of the Economic Research Unit (ERU), Department of Telecommunications, Government of India

Amb – Prof Bitange Ndemo, Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union, Republic of Kenya

Anna Mysyshyn, PhD, Founder, Institute of Innovative Governance

Maria Victoria Castro, Assistant Secretary for e-Government Department of ICT, Government of the Philippines

🗓️ Monday, March 23, 2026
📍 Online via Zoom

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