AfDB: Japan Business Forum 2021
Industrialisation of Africa
July 1 2021

Smart Africa ManifestoPrinciples
1. To put ICT at the center of national socioeconomic development agenda
2. To improve access to ICT especially Broadband

3. To improve accountability, efficiency andopenness through ICT
4. To put the Private Sector First
5. To leverage ICT to promote sustainable
development
Endorsed by the AU in January 2014

6 of the 10 fastest growing
economies are in Africa

A young, fast growing,urbanizing population
with big unmet needs

5 of the top 10 reformers on theWorld Bank Ease of Doing
Business index are in Africa

Untapped resource wealthand new innovations tounleash it

Rapid adoption of digital and mobiletechnologies, creating a leapfrog opportunity:
Africa is the world leader in mobile money

Source: McKinsey Company - AFRICA’S BUSINESS REVOLUTION, Rethinking the story of business in Africa

431 Member States, representing a market ofabout ~750 millions people

MEMBER STATES
1. Algeria
2. Angola
3. Benin
4. Burkina Faso
5. Cameroon
6. Cape Verde
7. Chad8. Congo
9. DR Congo
10. Côte d’Ivoire
11. Djibouti
12. Egypt

13. Gabon
14. Ghana
15. Guinea
16. Kenya
17. Mali
18. Mauritania
19. Morocco
20. Niger
21. Rwanda
22. Sao Tome &Principe
23. Sierra Leone

24. Senegal
25. South Africa
26. South Sudan
27. Sudan
28. Togo
29. Tunisia
30. Uganda
31. Zambia
32. Zimbabwe

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BoardTransform Africa into a single
digital market by 2030

Build affordable
digitalinfrastructure tointerconnect thecontinent

Promote andfacilitate
investment anddoing businessacross Africa

Accelerate thebirth anddevelopment of adigital society

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TRIENNIAL PLAN
FOCUS AREASThe Smart Africa Triennial Strategy Focus Areas

Focus Area 1
Building Affordable
Infrastructure

Focus Area 2
Promote and Facilitate
doing business andinvesting across Africa

Focus Area 3
Accelerating the birthof a digital society

The Smart Africa Triennial Strategy 2020-2022

Triennial Plan: Focus Area One
Blueprint
Level

Conceptual
Level

Pilot Level

One Africa Network (Smart Africa)
Smart Cities (Rwanda)
Bulk Capacity Purchase (Smart Africa)

Focus Area 1:
Building
Affordable
Infrastructure

Intra-African Cross-Border Connectivity (Guinea)
Broadband Access (Senegal)
Smart Villages (Niger)
Cloud and Data Centers (Djibouti)​​Giga Africa (Smart Africa)
Digital Terrestrial TV Migration(Smart Africa)

Fundraising &Implementation
Level

Triennial Plan: Focus Area Two
Conceptual
Level

Blueprint
Level

Pilot Level

Start-up and Innovation Ecosystems (Tunisia)
BLOC Smart Africa Fund (Smart Africa)

Focus Area 2:

Promote andFacilitate doing
business andinvesting acrossAfrica

Digital ID - SATA (Benin)
Artificial Intelligence (South Africa)​​
Data Governance ( Smart Africa)
Internet Governance (BurkinaFaso)​Cyber Security (Côte d’Ivoire)
Blockchain (Smart Africa)

Fundraising &ImplementationLevel

Triennial Plan: Focus Area Three
Blueprint
Level

Conceptual
Level

Pilot Level

Smart Africa Scholarship Fund (Burkina Faso)
Smart Africa Digital Academy (Smart Africa)​​

Digital Economy (Kenya)​​
Digital Economy and Transformation Index (Smart Africa)​​

Focus Area 3:

Digital Trade / e-Payment (Ghana)Accelerating thebirth of a digitalsociety​OTT Study (Smart Africa)​​
Agritech (Zimbabwe)​ICT Skills and Capacity Building (Burkina Faso)​​Smart Women and Girls(Smart Africa)
e-Health (Smart Africa)​Smart Devices (Smart Africa)​​

Fundraising &Implementation
Level

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info@smartafrica.org

Twitter: @RealSmartAfrica
Website: www.smartafrica.org

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