2023-06-17 00:29:49
The 5th edition of the digital week launched on June 14 by Prime Minister Dr. Bernard Goumou ended this Friday in Conakry. The Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, organizer of this event, is satisfied.
During the three days, experts in the digital field shared their experiences with students, business leaders and institutions, around panels, conference-debates and training. Something that more comforted Ousmane Gaoual Diallo who, moreover, does not break his satisfaction.
“It was an honor to receive 22 countries and then with actors at all levels, academics, institutions, business leaders, students who each came to share their experience and help us take stock of the digital adoption in our country. This comforts us on the policy of digitization and the digitization towards which we are heading. So we have acquired a lot of things.”
After the assessment, the Minister Gaoual announces prospects for the next editions.
“First we want to put a digital layout plan, the project is underway and will be completed in a few weeks. The second thing is to increase the availability of equipment, the most average telephone devices today are around 2 million for a 4G device. The objective is to strengthen the production of these devices in our country so that the prices can be around 500 thousand francs. The third thing is to increase investments to fight once morest the bronze zones to ensure that the Internet is not only a privilege of the cities that the rural world can also discover it”.
This is why the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications announces that by the end of this year, his department plans to send the public service one-stop shops.
The objective according to him, and to allow citizens of the interior to obtain several documents on the spot.
“These are initiatives that will allow these citizens to have passports, identity cards, a birth certificate extract without having to travel to Conakry. These are very important perspectives. To also reinforce the fall in the price of communication, we have put on the table 25 million dollars to accompany the private initiative for the landing of the submarine cable which will make it possible to divide by four the current communication costs”, declared Gaoual.
During this digital week, competitions were also organized between students from Conakry and the interior of the country.
Ousmane Gaoual Diallo accompanied by certain members of the government proceeded to the delivery of the tablets to the lucky winners.
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