Gabon: American tech entrepreneurs offer to support the country in its digital transformation

Gabon has integrated into its digital transformation policy the creation of several digital entities and infrastructures with the aim of developing ICT. To achieve this objective, the government has recently received proposals from several players in the sector.

Gabonese Minister of Digital Economy Jean Pierre Doukaga Kassa received on Thursday, March 23, an American delegation led by Dilawar Syed, Special Representative at the Bureau of Economic and Commercial Affairs of the United States of America.

On social networks, the Ministry of Digital Economy said that the delegation came “to present to the members of the government the ambition of the USA to support Gabon in its major investment projects in the digital sector“.

To this end, the two parties reviewed the areas of cooperation linking Gabon to the United States, but also issues related to supporting American companies in the development of the Gabonese digital ecosystem through the construction of infrastructures (backbone and datacenter), innovation (start-up and training), as well as the improvement of the legislative and regulatory framework precisely in the fight against cybercrime and cybersecurity.

The interest of the Americans is manifested in a context where Gabon is working to further develop its digital sector so that it makes a greater contribution to the transformation of its economy. Since 2009 through the Strategic Plan Emerging Gabon (PSGE) the executive works to make Gabon an example in the digital sector in Africa by 2025.

For this purpose, the country has been receiving visits for several months from foreign investors specializing in digital technology who offer to accompany it in achieving this objective. Earlier this month, the Minister of Digital Economy also received a delegation of Indian businessmen who offered their expertise for building data centers in the country.

On Twitter, Dilawar Syed said that the visit of US investors comes in the wake of the US-Africa summit and responds to US President Joe Biden’s desire to support African countries in their digital transformation.