From Tallinn to Abidjan, a continental ambition is taking shape. Indeed, when an African Digital Minister sets down his bags in Tallinn, it is not a simple diplomatic trip. It is a direct confrontation with the future. Ranked among the very first nations in terms of cyber governance by the United Nations, Estonia has built in a few decades an entirely digital State, where 99% of public services are accessible online and where more than 130 use cases of artificial intelligence are integrated into the administration.

It is in this avant-garde framework that the Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation, Djibril Ouattara, participated in the Europe-East Africa session dedicated to Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), a few days ago. He was able to interact with many Estonian digital players and discover the practices that make this country a world benchmark in digitalization. During his speech, the Minister recalled a founding principle: digital transformation is based on connected, reliable and interoperable infrastructures, serving citizens, businesses and administrations. Faced with the continent's persistent challenges, notably regulatory fragmentation, inequalities of access and the weakness of cross-border systems, he pleaded for adapted regional IPRs, capable of strengthening integration between African states. is part of an irreversible continental dynamic. Estonia has proven that a state can reinvent itself digitally. Africa has now chosen to write its own version.