The first conference of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) of ministries and State bodies for 2023 was held on Thursday 23 March 2023 at the Palais des Congrès in Cotonou. The proceedings of this statutory meeting between sector CIOs and the digital sector were launched by the Director General of the Information Systems and Digital Agency (ASIN), Marc-André LOKO.
The Director General of ASIN took the opportunity of this first meeting of the year to recall the major achievements of recent years and to present some of the challenges to be met in 2023:
The delivery of the first phase of the National Electronic Payment Platform (PNPE).
The launch of phase 2 of the PRSCG Project (Programme for Strengthening Central Governance Structures), which focuses on decentralised structures, in particular the 77 town halls and the prefectures
The launch of phase 2 of the PDI2T project (Telecommunications and ICT Infrastructure Development Project) with SBIN, under the supervision of the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation
Phase 2 of the Benin Education and Research Network (RBER)
“All these reforms, policies and projects are designed with an unwavering commitment to providing secure digital services for citizens,” he stressed, adding that ASIN, through its three divisions, will continue to work with the support of each of the sector CIOs and other stakeholders to make all these projects a genuine collective success.
Several presentations and a technical workshop on the universal acceptance of domain names and email addresses formed the core of discussions at this CIO conference.