On Tuesday 23 February 2021, the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, Ms Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, chaired the ceremony presenting the 2021 digital and digitalisation agenda.
On Tuesday 23 February 2021, the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, Ms Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, chaired the ceremony presenting the 2021 digital and digitalisation agenda. The event took place in the BAOBAB room of the Novotel Orisha in Cotonou and was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mr Aurelien AGBENONCI, and the Minister of Communication and Postal Services and Government Spokesperson, Mr Alain OROUNLA.
The 2021 agenda of the digital and digitalisation sector is built around the following key points:
- Extension of broadband and ultra-fast broadband
- Development of digital uses
- Full drafting of the regulatory part of the Digital Code
- Continued and accelerated digitisation of the formalities for obtaining certain administrative documents through the National Public Services Portal
- Awareness-raising and support activities / Management of the implementation of municipal digital projects
- The activities of the Digital Entrepreneurship Support Fund (FAEN)
- Strengthening digital security and trust
Regular initiatives such as training at the Learning Lab, WACREN, SENUM 2021, Hackerlab 2021 and Bénin Digital Tour 2021 have also been included in the 2021 agenda.
This year, in addition to the presentation of the projects, activities and events initiated by the Government for 2021 in the digital and digitalisation sector, those of other stakeholders were also highlighted. The initiatives led by the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Posts (ARCEP-Benin) and the flagship projects of the mobile network operators and internet service providers operating in Benin were also unveiled to the guests.
On the same occasion, the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation gave an update on the implementation of the sector's 2020 agenda, before reviewing the implementation of the Government Action Programme (PAG 2016-2021) in the digital and digitalisation sector.