TGO/002
Digital transformation in Togo (ProDigiT)

Togo is currently showing increasing technological dynamism. Indeed, a digitisation strategy for 2025 has been drawn up, with the aim of making Togo a regional benchmark for digitisation and innovation. While the current strategy is essentially focused on social inclusion and modernising the Togolese economy through digitisation, there is still a great deal of work to be done.

To date, most of the digital transformation initiatives have been planned and implemented by the Ministry of the Digital Economy and Transformation on the basis of the national sectoral policy on the digital economy. The other initiatives are scattered impulses from different players, both private and public. What is lacking is an integrative dynamic that enables public and private players to work together to achieve digital transformation using local resources and pooling their capabilities.

This has an impact on the growth of innovation and the development of a dynamic digital ecosystem. The digital ecosystem is under construction - only a few players specialise in digitisation. What's more, the level of digitalisation within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) outside the digital sector is generally still very low. Also, the participation of women and girls in the digital sector remains low due to prejudices specific to the digital sector and a lack of awareness of the potential of digitisation for women and girls.

The Digital transformation in Togo project aims to improve the synergy between public and private initiatives for the digital transformation of Togo.

The project focuses on three areas

• supporting key public digital players in developing and implementing digital transformation projects with the participation of the private sector;
• improving cooperation between public and private players to strengthen the innovative digital ecosystem;
• supporting the digital transformation of SMEs in Togo's key economic sectors.

To strengthen digital transformation, the project's target groups are public sector players (with a focus on the Togo Digital Agency) and Togolese private sector players (digital start-ups and SMEs, support service providers specialising in digital technology and traditional SMEs).

The project, implemented by GIZ over six years, is co-financed by the European Union, including Luxembourg through cooperation delegated to GIZ.