Listen to this episode of the Digital Government Podcast featuring Serge Adjovi, Director General of Benin's National Information Systems and Services Agency (ASSI) and e-Governance Academy Project Manager Marit Lani. They talk about the lessons gained by the Beninese government through the implementation the Estonian-origin backbone for government e-services – the secure data exchange platform – and the development of the citizen portal for the provision of government services.
For some years now, Estonia has entertained a very fruitful cooperation with a number of countries in Africa. From sector-specific solutions to projects of more widespread digital transformation, e-Governance Academy and Estonian companies from the ICT cluster have established valuable connections to help partners in Africa get closer to their Sustainable Development Goals – by means of digital development.
Latest in is Benin, where a data exchange platform and a citizen portal are now fully up and running. These results have been accomplished as part of a project that saw e-Governance Academy, Estonian company Cybernetica and national partners in the Beninese government work together to drive digital transformation in the country.
This podcast episode looks back at the lessons and key milestones of this collaboration.
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