e-Governance

While Africa has made good progress on catching up with most of the e-services with more than half of the Africans having some sort of a digital id card, the continent is still lagging behind in adopting e-governance practices. A big cross-cutting problem is the lack of internet- the UN estimates that only 22% of the African population has access to the internet.

E-governance is important, since developing it will improve the economy of all countries on the continent, reduce corruption and help to engage citizens more actively in the decision making process. E-developments inspire African entrepreneurs to come up with new solutions that are fine-tuned to match the needs of the African market and that will give a remarkable boost to the local economy.

Ideas we are looking for:

Develop good guidelines and tools for building e-states.
Creating digital public service platforms and platforms which support providing governance-related services digitally.
e-Participation as a tool for engagement and strengthened collaboration between governments and citizen.
The digital market for Africa – with products and services accessible easily throughout the continent.
Data-driven public policies and decision-making (big data, AI, IoT, blockchain).
Mobile Government: challenges, opportunities and establishing proper standards.
Legally binding digital ID and eSignature.