Monthly Research Reports

December 2022 Report

DIGITAL STRATEGIES ARE GAINING IMPORTANCE IN NATIONAL POLICY AGENDAS ACROSS AFRICA.

Strategies such as Ghana’s Digital Acceleration Project, Rwanda’s Smart Rwanda Master plan, Kenya’s Digital Economy Blueprint, Egypt’s E-Commerce strategy, Nigeria’s Digital Economy Policy and Strategy, and Mauritius’ Digital Government Transformation Strategy Framework have been launched with e-payments and digital business as emerging recurrent pillars. Further, stakeholders have called for a pan-African Digital Economy to facilitate, inter alia, the development of regional markets, harmonisation of policies and regulations, to advance continental interoperability of payment systems and best practice sharing, particularly, in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).