Promoted | ICT ministers underscore importance of digital in Africa’s economic growth
held a ministerial forum on day 0 of AfricaCom 2022, bringing together participants from Malawi, Namibia, Uganda and Zambia. The session focused on methods to engineer a new sense of hope for Africa’s digital economy journey.
“Africa needs digital innovation to spill over into all segments of business and society if we are to strengthen our digital economy,” he said. “According to the World Bank, Africa requires US$100-trillion to achieve full digital transformation, and no one, in the public or private sector, has the capacity to do this alone. Through the power of investment and of regulation, together we can craft a framework that will give effect to the growth and development we want to see.
“To achieve this, Huawei innovates to impact with local partners, to find local solutions to local problems,” Chen said. “We are a leading global ICT company, and technology is our most important asset. We want to keep what matters most to Africa in Africa. That is why we have made significant investments in people and skills transfer, through training, certification and joint innovation.”
What the guests also have in common is the integration though all government ministries, departments and agencies of the digitisation process — for example, in issues around agriculture and education — technology is being incorporated through their systems.
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