The World Bank Country Director for Côte d ’ Ivoire , Benin , Guinea , and Togo Coralie Gevers , stated : “ Capacity building and knowledge exchange among African countries is critical to support the implementation of the Africa Digital Transformation Strategy 2020 to 2030 and Côte d ’ Ivoire has an important role to play sharing knowledge among peers and showing the benefits of applying agile regulation principles for vibrant , inclusive , sustainable and safe digital markets as demonstrated by the recent adoption of its National Digital Development Strategy 2025 .”

SADA aims to improve digital skills qualifications , employability , and meet the emerging talent needs of African citizens .

other . Moreover , Côte d ’ Ivoire is set to host the first cybersecurity Innovation Centres for youth . Currently , Côte d ’ Ivoire leads Smart Africa ’ s cybersecurity flagship .

The launch of SADA in Côte d ’ Ivoire heralds implementation of various capacity building programmes on Big Data and IoT , training of teachers , executive trainings , advanced ICT trainings , among

In this respect , a memorandum of understanding ( MOU ) was signed between the Smart Africa Alliance and Côte d ’ Ivoire ’ s Ministry of Digital Economy and Communication , part of which is provision , by SADA , of

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