“Our joint continental strategy speaks to a couple of things – cooperation, coordination, collaboration and communication. This collaboration supports goals of the Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 and the vision of the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) initiative of Africa CDC to support the deployment of relevant technologies for COVID-19 response across Africa. To deploy Zoom’s video-first unified communications platform to each of the 55 Member States, Africa CDC has teamed up with Zoom to grant each Member State free access to zoom accounts capable of hosting large meetings with up to 500 participants and 20-25 lines for an initial period lasting until 31 December 2020. Online meetings have become the modus operandi for formal and informal meetings by government and non-governmental organizations around the world since March 2020.Īs the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, Africa CDC has identified the increasing need for technologies that support virtual meetings and empower Member States with the ability to connect, learn and share knowledge and experience. In a statement to announce the partnership, Zoom Communications said: “It is a great opportunity to collaborate with Africa CDC in rendering support to African Union Member states in combating this COVID-19 Pandemic”.ĭue to the lockdown and movement restrictions by many countries, travel has become very difficult and made face-to-face meetings almost impossible. is offering all African Union Member States free access to Zoom Enterprise accounts to enhance and maintain close coordination, cooperation, collaboration and communication for the COVID-19 pandemic response. In collaboration with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Zoom Video Communications Inc.
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