At the invitation of the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mr Serge ADJOVI, Director General of the Information Services and Systems Agency (ASSI), Mr Ouanilo MEDEGAN FAGLA, Director General of the National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI Benin), and Mr Fidèle El-Koudous Orou N'gobi, Legal Technical Adviser at the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, took part on 13 and 14 April 2021 in a round table on digital technology in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital.
At the invitation of the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mr Serge ADJOVI, Director General of the Information Services and Systems Agency (ASSI), Mr Ouanilo MEDEGAN FAGLA, Director General of the National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI Benin), and Mr Fidèle El-Koudous Orou N'gobi, Legal Technical Adviser at the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, took part on 13 and 14 April 2021 in a round table on digital technology in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital.
Organised by the strategic consultancy firm Best Consulting at the request of the President of the DRC, Mr Félix TSHISEKEDI, the round table had the theme “The Democratic Republic of the Congo in the digital age”. Over two days, it brought together representatives of several bodies working in the digital sector in the DRC and internationally. Discussions focused on the stakes and challenges of the transition to the digital economy, the criteria for prioritising the various projects and the guidelines for planning their implementation. Also on the agenda were issues relating to the regulation of this cross-cutting sector, governance and cybersecurity.
The experience of Benin, which since 2016 has embarked on a digital transition that is already bearing fruit, led the Congolese authorities to call on the expertise of key players in Benin's digital sector. Having created a ministry in charge of digital affairs, the DRC now intends to set up an agency for the development of the sector. At the opening of the proceedings, the Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and New Information and Communication Technologies (PT-NTIC), Augustin Kibassa Maliba, stressed the need for the current government to create the digital development agency and to give it all the resources needed to implement digital policies.
Serge ADJOVI and Ouanilo MEDEGAN FAGLA shared the experiences of bodies such as the Digital Development Agency (ADN), the Information Services and Systems Agency (ASSI) and the National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI Benin), so that the DRC can draw inspiration from the digital revolution under way in Benin. “Fruitful discussions on digital development are taking place in Kinshasa, where we had the opportunity to present Benin's winning method.” the Director General of ASSI, Mr Serge ADJOVI, told the press. “These exchanges with our counterparts and friends from a brother country are very useful and I hope they will multiply,” he continued.