Digital Africa is often told in two speeds: either as a technological El Dorado, or as a continent falling behind. The reality is elsewhere, more fragmented, more concrete.
In this webinar, we shared with our community a grounded reading of digital Africa — the way we see it from Abidjan, the way our clients experience it daily in their professions.
Three angles to understand.
We structured the webinar around three questions that constantly come up in our conversations with partners and clients.
What digital sovereignty for Africa?
Cloud, hosting, sensitive data. A strategic field for governments and private companies handling critical data.
How does AI serve the continent?
Between consumer tools and business applications, we shared how we concretely use it in our projects (KLASSCI, WOURI).
Where does real digital transformation happen?
Rarely in big announcements. More often in the small daily decisions of SMEs, schools, NGOs who adopt tools to save time and better serve their users.
Digital Africa is not waiting for others to tell its story. It needs builders, here, working with its constraints.
What we take away.
Exchanges with participants were rich. A shared observation: Digital Africa is moving forward, unevenly. Countries that invested in infrastructure, training and clear regulation are pulling ahead. Côte d'Ivoire is well positioned on those three axes, which explains the buzz currently observed in Abidjan.
For us, the vision remains the same. Build useful products, rooted in local realities, that deliver measurable change to their users. The rest will follow.