The 2020 edition of Digital Week (SENUM) began on Monday 23 November 2020 and will run until 27 November 2020.
Despite a year 2020 marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, Digital Week (SENUM 2020), the flagship event of the digital sector, is going ahead. The Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation has adapted to the situation and this year offers a hybrid format, in person and online, so that all stakeholders in the sector can come together around the theme “Sixtieth anniversary special: on the road to our digital maturity.”
SENUM 2020 activities began on Monday 23 November 2020 in the media with a series entitled “SENUM in your homes”, consisting of radio and television programmes in French and in national languages to better inform the public about progress in the sector and the role that digital technology can play in their lives. “The SENUM in your homes programme” is available on the SENUM website at è https://semainedunumerique.bj/programme/senum-dans-vos-maisons
The official opening ceremony took place on Tuesday 24 November 2020, chaired by Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation. The Government was also represented by Eléonore YAYI LADEKAN, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research; Mr Modeste Tihounté KEREKOU, Minister of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Employment Promotion; and Shadiya Alimatou ASSOUMAN, Minister of Industry and Trade.
“Digital Week allows Benin to shine on the international stage, to showcase the potential for digital innovation in Benin, to connect the stakeholders of our country’s ecosystem with their counterparts in other countries and around the world, and to discuss issues relating to the digital economy and all its stakeholders," said Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU. She then reviewed Benin’s progress in the sector, emphasising the advances made over almost five (05) years under the leadership of President Patrice TALON.
What sets SENUM 2020 apart is that its activities take place entirely online. All panels, keynotes and masterclasses can be followed live and in full on the official digital channels of the event and of the sector:
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Twitter => https://twitter.com/Senum_Benin
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Website: https://semainedunumerique.bj/