From our special correspondent in Tangier, Dia Ibrahima Junior
Africa intends to seize the opportunities offered by new technologies to ensure a real transformation and social evolution (health, education ….). This is the watchword launched by the organizers of the CyFy Africa 2018 platform.
In a press briefing held Thursday (May 9th) in tangier (Morocco) as a prelude to the official opening of the CyFy Africa 2018 congress, the actors unveiled their roadmap to succeed in this bet.
The initiators of this conference will be inspired by the Indian model, which constitutes a world reference in terms of technological innovation to ensure this transformation.
On this occasion, Moulay Hafid El Alami, Moroccan Minister of Industry, Trade, Investment and Digital Economy, stressed that the digital transformation will have positive impacts on African consumers.
These kinds of platforms must multiply to help Africa meet the digital market demand, evolving exponentially in the continent, he suggested.
In addition, the minister unveiled the list of the 10 most developed countries in technology. IT is Morocco, which ranks first because of its control over technological exports in the Middle East and North Africa (45%). ) as well as achieving more than 10% annual growth in the information and communication technology sectors over the last five years.
Egypt is in second place thanks to the rapid growth of the technology sector and an average of over $ 3.5 billion in exports, an annual growth rate of 9%.
Kenya, which benefits from the Silicon Savannah initiative, is in third position. Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Madagascar, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Rwanda complete this list.
For his part, the president of the Tangier Tetouan Al Hoceima region, Ilyass El Omari, said that Cy Fy Africa is operating in a context where technology is starting to be a key driver of growth and job creation in many countries. African.
And add that, “the rapid technological development in Africa has led to competition from international companies to boost investment in the countries of the continent, especially as the information technology market is not saturated and keeps opportunities for growth »
Recall that CyFy Africa is a pre-eminent platform of Asia that was launched in 2013. This initiative allows policymakers to discuss the economic, political and strategic dimensions of cyberspace.
