Ghanaian professional Sydney Hushie appointed UNFPA Chief of Digital Centre of Excellence

Ghanaian development and innovation professional Sydney Hushie has been appointed Chief of the Digital Centre of Excellence at the headquarters of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in New York. The appointment was made by the Executive Director of UNFPA and United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Diene Keita. In his new role, Mr Hushie will lead UNFPA’s global efforts to harness digital innovation, data and emerging technologies to improve the delivery of sexual and reproductive health services to women, girls and young people. He joins the UNFPA headquarters from the organisation’s East and Southern Africa Regional Office, where he spent six years developing its innovation and digital transformation portfolio.