Keynote Panel: Unleashing Digital Prosperity: How Progressive Policy is Shaping Africa’s Tech Transformation

The importance of ICT policy and regulation in nurturing tech-enabled enterprise and digitally literate societies is now widely appreciated; the process of developing and implementing this policy across myriad industries and sectors is, however, an inherently complex and lengthy process.

There are some key factors critical to building efficient, industry focussed tech policy frameworks which have practically demonstrated time and time again - industry consultation, sector-specific legislation, and flexibility to evolve with their rapidly changing sectors are all vital considerations for any tech policymaker.

This session will unpack those with African Ministers from across the continent. We’ll also look at how each is tailoring policy to their unique national environment and priorities, the need for a more continental, collaborative approach, and why sharing successes and challenges is so important along the way.

• Continental collaboration: strategies for promoting stronger, more productive inter- and intra-governmental relations across Africa’s legislative levels
• Key industries: impact of policy on topics inherent to thriving digital economies - internet universality, SME enablement, fintech & interoperability, e-commerce, quality education, and other important enablers of gender equality and socio-economic development