The agreement was signed on January 2, 2024 between the World Bank and the Gabonese government.
68.5 million dollars, or more than 41 billion FCFA, that the World Bank lent to Gabon to accelerate its digital transformation. Indeed, the “Digital Gabon” project, for its “Digital Gabon” project, will help accelerate the adoption of digitalized public services and increase the number of people with a unique identifier facilitating inclusive access to public services. .
It will also be a question of strengthening data protection, cybersecurity, the security of data exchanges within the public sector, as well as the legal, regulatory and technological foundations of data protection. It should also be noted that the “Digital Gabon” project will make it possible to modernize legal identity systems and facilitate access to public services for all.
Remember that Gabon has made considerable progress in high-speed digital infrastructure. And made from 10e most connected African country in the world (1st in Central Africa) according to the latest ranking of the ICT development index (2023) of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
