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Digital Africa

Ambitions around an increasingly digital and connected Africa, underscored by accelerated digitalisation in response to COVID-19 and technological change, have profound implications for life on the continent.

We are exploring the impact of digitalisation on the:

  • Regulatory environment and governance of data and privacy, digital infrastructure, the digital economy (including employment conditions) and innovations in the financial sector
  • Livelihoods, skills and aspirations of young people
  • Transformation of the financial sector
  • Growth in digital platforms and their role in the economy
  • Innovation enabled through digital technology and related ecosystems
  • Future of Africa (scenarios and forces for a digital Africa)

The Latest in Digital Africa
Building the fundamentals of a welfare-enhancing digitalised economy
Digitalisation per se has marginal impact; the crux is the way it is leveraged and implemented. We need a better understanding of how digital [...]
15 April 2024
The Africa Fintech Hub – a platform designed to strengthen fintechs in Africa
Fintechs have the potential to significantly improve the options available to financially underserved individuals. Many fintech start-ups in Africa, [...]
9 April 2024
Digitising destinations: a tourist’s journey starts online
COVID-19 turned some of us into virtual voyagers. We spent hours scrolling through posts of people hiking to waterfalls, adventurers crossing canopy [...]
20 February 2024
Digital payments on the rise in the education sector
Education is of fundamental importance to Rwanda’s economy; and the country has high policy priorities in providing access across the country. [...]
6 November 2023
Digitalisation and financial inclusion in agriculture
Agriculture is the largest sector in the Rwandan economy, with 75% of the adult population generating their livelihoods from the sector. Its [...]
6 November 2023
Reflections on the policy evolution in Rwanda’s ICT sector
In implementing the Rwanda Economy Digitalisation Programme, Cenfri has worked with multiple stakeholders and partners to acquire datasets to inform [...]
10 October 2023
Time for a bold move? The case for renewed zero-rating of low-value mobile money fees in Rwanda
Rwanda must be cashless by 2024 – that’s the bold target set in the National Payment System Strategy 2018-2024. This policy has strong [...]
21 September 2023
Catalysing the use of data and digital technology for tourism in Ghana
Ghana's tourism industry presents an exciting landscape for growth, offering significant potential for youth employment and entrepreneurship. [...]
21 September 2023
Reaping the dollar benefits but bearing the costs of cash: Rwanda-DRC informal cross-border trade
Almost half of Sub-Saharan Africa’s trade every year – USD 362 billion of merchandise trade – settles in US dollars, despite the US accounting [...]
4 August 2023
Public sector data frameworks
If properly catalogued, classified and shared, public sector data can be leveraged to increase access to services, make service delivery more [...]
3 August 2023
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