The event is themed ‘digital transformation, a source of growth and competitiveness for Senegal’.
Despite spending more on ICT – more than some of the continent’s so-called fancy nations – experts say Senegal still has a long way to go before being admitted in the 'community of digital nations'.
Its digital migration is still floating, its internet prices remain high and its population’s ICT skills and e-government services are inadequate, while its ICT in education’s fault lines remain unchallenged.
The country’s PC penetration is also not improving despite the high number of second-hand computers that are polluting its cities and towns, among others.
Some observers believe the West African nation’s national digital strategy needs to be relooked at and readjusted in line with the country’s real ICT needs.
All of this is planned to be discussed at this forum, which will be graced by the presence of the country’s minister of posts and ICTs and other important political and business figures.
“This is another golden platform to diagnose the sicknesses and weaknesses of our country’s ICT sector, and from there redesign the path of its future,” university student Alioune Cissé said this week in Dakar.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Issa Sikiti da Silva
Quelle/Source: Biztech Africa, 19.01.2015
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