{"id":4119,"date":"2020-10-05T08:27:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T08:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afrikanet.com\/?p=4119"},"modified":"2021-06-01T10:01:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T10:01:05","slug":"digital-transformation-africa-priority-local-ceos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afrikanet.com\/en\/digital-transformation-africa-priority-local-ceos\/","title":{"rendered":"DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF AFRICA: A PRIORITY FOR LOCAL CEOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong><em>The Covid-19 does not spare Africa\u2019s business area. On September 17, 2020 Many African CEOs shared their vision on the impact of the pandemic and the role of different actors for the real digital transformation on Africa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>About $ 80 to $ 100 billion is needed over the next ten years to fund Africa&#8217;s digital transformation. The current Covid-19 crisis impacts seriously the business world.\u00a0 Accelerating the digital transformation of Africa by building a necessary ecosystem is more than ever a priority. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Single, universal and affordable internet coverage could increase 2 percentage points per year in Africa\u2019s growth. \u00a0This process can be possible through various efforts from public and private sectors.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Different participants agree on the fact that there is an important need to build and offer new digital infrastructures to reduce the digital gap in Africa. \u00a0It\u2019ll be also important to improve digital services and innovative offers based on education and training for a flourishing digital ecosystem.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Therefore, using ICT appears to be a catalyst for the growth of Africa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The webinar through the link www.theafricaceoforum.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PCN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Covid-19 does not spare Africa\u2019s business area. On September 17, 2020 Many African CEOs shared their vision on the impact of the pandemic and the role of different actors for the real digital transformation on Africa About $ 80 to $ 100 billion is needed over the next ten years to fund Africa&#8217;s digital transformation. The current Covid-19 crisis impacts seriously the business world.\u00a0 Accelerating the digital transformation of Africa by building a necessary ecosystem is more than ever a priority. Single, universal and affordable internet coverage could increase 2 percentage points per year in Africa\u2019s growth. \u00a0This process can be possible through various efforts from public and private sectors. Different participants agree on the fact that there is an important need to build and offer new digital infrastructures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[389],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF AFRICA: A PRIORITY FOR LOCAL CEOs - Afrikanet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/afrikanet.com\/fr\/digital-transformation-africa-priority-local-ceos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF AFRICA: A PRIORITY FOR LOCAL CEOs - Afrikanet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Covid-19 does not spare Africa\u2019s business area. 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