The appropriations allocated to the MND for the 2025 financial year amount to twenty-nine billion, thirty-three million, nine hundred and sixty-six thousand, one hundred and ninety-two (29,033,966,192) CFA francs, compared with twenty-four billion, three hundred and fifty-six million, five hundred and forty-nine thousand (24,356,549,000) CFA francs in 2024, an increase of 19.29%.
The 2025 budget breaks down as follows:
operating expenditure: 9,139,883,430 CFA francs;
capital expenditure: 19,894,082,762 CFA francs.
This draft budget will enable the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation to pursue ambitious objectives that are essential for Benin's development. It will support the implementation of structural reforms in the digital sector, while accelerating the digitalisation of key sectors of the national economy and the digital transformation of local authorities. This budget will also foster the widespread adoption of digital technology, thereby strengthening citizens' confidence in these tools, and will guarantee broader access to modern, responsible media that deliver quality information.
It is distributed across the Ministry's three (03) programmes, namely:
- STEERING AND SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR MND SERVICES, for an amount of 2,568,302,575 CFA francs;
- DIGITAL PROGRAMME, for an amount of 16,428,858,510 CFA francs;
- MEDIA PROGRAMME, for an amount of 10,036,805,107 CFA francs;
Aware of the issues at stake in the development of digital technology and the media, the MND is committed to ensuring the efficient use of this budget. The objective is to deliver tangible and relevant results, thereby fostering the digital, economic and social transformation of our country.