Senegal is upskilling public sector workers in digital skills as part of efforts to accelerate the country’s digital transformation.
The programme was launched by the Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Affairs and is led by the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Public Service Reform, with technical support from Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital University through the Force-N Sénégal programme, a digital literacy and youth employability initiative supported by the MasterCard Foundation.
The programme aims to equip public servants with skills aligned with the demands of digital transformation and strengthen their ability to support the state’s modernisation projects.
Depending on their professions and responsibilities, participants will develop skills in digital tools, data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, information systems, digital public services and new ways of working, the ministry said.
Implementation will focus on skills acquired and results achieved. These will be measured through participation and completion rates, certifications, coverage of priority needs, the inclusion of women and the impact of training on public service performance.
The initiative comes as Senegal seeks to expand digital services and address persistent skills and access gaps. ITWeb Africa reported in December that, despite 97% 4G population coverage and a growing 5G footprint, 54% of the population lives within mobile coverage but does not use the internet.
Affordability and digital skills were among the barriers to adoption identified in the report.
ITWeb Africa has also reported on Senegal’s efforts to modernise public administration through its New Technology Deal, which aims to accelerate the country’s digital transformation by 2034.
“The objective is clear: to make each public agent a true player in the digital transformation of the state,” the ministry said. “The ambition is to build a more competent, agile, innovative, resilient and efficient administration that is better oriented towards the needs of citizens.”
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