The 6th session of the Council of Ministers of the Multinational Higher School of Telecommunications (ESMT) was held on Friday 28 January 2022 in Niamey, Niger. During the proceedings, the Nigerien Minister of Posts and New Information Technologies, Mr Hassane Moussa BARAZE, handed over to Mrs Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, Benin’s Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, for a two-year term at the head of the Council of Ministers, ESMT’s supreme decision-making body.
The 6th session of the Council of Ministers of the Multinational Higher School of Telecommunications (ESMT) was held on Friday 28 January 2022 in Niamey, Niger. During the proceedings, the Nigerien Minister of Posts and New Information Technologies, Mr Hassane Moussa BARAZE, handed over to Mrs Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, Benin’s Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, for a two-year term at the head of the Council of Ministers, ESMT’s supreme decision-making body.
The Council of Ministers of the Multinational Higher School of Telecommunications (ESMT) is responsible for setting the broad direction of this professional and academic higher education institution in the digital field. During the sixth ordinary session of the Council of Ministers, participants gave their views on the level of implementation of the resolutions adopted at their last meeting, before examining various reports and several documents from the Board of Directors. The other highlight of the Niamey meeting was the handover of the Council presidency from Niger to Benin. On this occasion, the Nigerien Minister of Posts and New Information Technologies, Mr Hassane Moussa BARAZE, reviewed the achievements of Niger’s term, before wishing every success to Benin’s Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, Mrs Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, now President of the ESMT Council of Ministers for a two-year term.
Benin takes over the presidency of the Council of Ministers of the Multinational Higher School of Telecommunications at a time when the higher education sector is becoming increasingly competitive, with strong adoption of digital technologies and the development of more efficient business models in both public and private institutions. “One of the main challenges facing ESMT is improving governance in order to increase its performance. Likewise, strengthening teaching resources, the continuous promotion of excellence and technology watch to ensure that training matches the needs of businesses are all key success factors that I wish to stress,” said Minister Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU. In her view, ESMT must continue to be a pioneer in its field.
Ahead of the 6th session of the Council of Ministers, the ESMT directors also met in Niamey on 26 and 27 January for the 48th session of the Board of Directors. At the end of this session, Benin handed over to Niger, which now takes the helm of this body for a two-year term.