“Digital Senegal 2025” Strategy
Details of the organization
Name *
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Country *
Senegal
Type *
Governments
National implementation mechanism
The organization has a strategy for coordinating WSIS Implementation at the national level:
Yes
The organization has a national e-strategy:
Yes
Information about the project
Project title *
“Digital Senegal 2025” Strategy
Title acronym
SN-2025
Description *
“Digital Senegal 2025” strategy is a vision, linked to the Emergent Senegal Plan (PSE). “Senegal in 2025: digital for all and for use in everything, with a dynamic and innovative private sector within an efficient ecosystem”. Concerning the economy, the aim of the Digital Senegal 2025 strategy is to breathe new life into the sector by providing stakeholders with new growth drivers and sources, by raising the contribution of digital technologies to GDP by 10 per cent, and by creating 35 000 direct jobs by 2025. The cost of the 28 reforms and 69 projects, is about 2.5 billion Euros. The progress expected by 2025 is measured in terms of international rankings based on the following indices: • Under the World Economic Forum’s Network Readiness Index, the goal is to rank in 70th place worldwide, and 4th within Africa. • Under ITU’s ICT Development Index, the goal is to rank in 90th place worldwide, and 4th within Africa. Regarding its implementation, particular attention will be paid both to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to cooperation.
Geographical coverage *
National implementation:
Senegal
Status *
Ongoing
from 15/09/2016
to
31/12/2025
Partners
The African Development Bank The World Bank
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Project type *
Programme
WSIS Thematic Meeting