The 2nd edition of the Digital Meetings by PortNet, was held this Friday, May 13, at the initiative of PORTNET SA, in partnership with the National Ports Agency and the Digital Development Agency (ADD), around the theme “Digitalization for a connected and integrated Africa”.
Digitization, first perceived as a tool for facilitating foreign trade, is now becoming a real lever for the development of nations. African countries need to take advantage of this.
To meet this challenge, technology is needed to drive the digital transformation of African countries.
Speaking at the opening of this work, the CEO of PortNet, Youssef Ahouzi, estimated that ” thanks to digitalization and the immense opportunities and solutions that arise with it, we will be able to build platforms for exchange, entrepreneurship and innovation in an Africa that is full of potential and opportunities to build a better future for generations to come”.
Highlighting the current context, the president of the National Single Window for the facilitation of foreign trade procedures, argued that the meeting ” takes on a very particular character since it intervenes in a specific post-covid context where we are witnessing a gradual resumption of economic activities and the continuity of trade both at continental and international level”.
Furthermore, since digitalization is now the real way to comply with international standards when it comes to facilitating cross-border trade and enabling inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development.
For his part, Tarik Maouni, speaking on behalf of Nadia Laraki, President of the National Ports Agency, stressed that Morocco is at the heart of this dynamic.
“With regard to the simplification of formalities and procedures and the acceleration of African digital transformation, Morocco, through its National Single Window PORTNET and as a founding member of the African Alliance for Electronic Commerce, is at the heart of this dynamic. Moreover, my colleagues here present will discuss in detail the achievements and projects carried out to date in an approach of team spirit and inclusive collaboration between African countries,” he said.
Sidi Mohammed Driss Melyani, Director General of ADD, for his part noted that digital transformation is a requirement that is imposed on everyone on our dear continent, because any delay in this plan would sign the lasting dropout of our Continent. in relation to the entry into the era of the digital revolution which appears to be irreversible and which the Covid-19 pandemic has helped to accelerate.
“This is why, today, he noted, we are all called to double our efforts to collaborate and innovate together to meet the aspirations and objectives of inclusive growth and development”. continent’s sustainability
The floor was then given to various specialists representing Moroccan institutions and other stakeholders from African countries to participate in the event.
