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Building a borderless digital economy is essential for Digital Ethiopia 2025 success. H.E Dr. Yishrun Alemayehu, State Minister for ICT and Digital Economy.
Building a borderless digital economy is essential for Digital Ethiopia 2025 success. H.E Dr. Yishrun Alemayehu, State Minister for ICT and Digital Economy.
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In the presence of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology and stakeholders, together with the management members of the Horn of Africa Digital Market Linking Project of the East African Inter-Governmental Organization, to prepare a feasibility study document for the construction of digital payment, data center, internet security and electronic authentication center and electronic waste management center in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia. Advised on issues. The Minister of State for Innovation and Technology, Dr. Yishrun Alemayheu stressed that a system should be created that contributes to the prosperity and progress of the national and continental economy by facilitating our journey of digital transformation and creating cooperation and linkages with other partner countries and regional institutions. In order to speed up the construction of the digital economy, Ethiopia will give priority to the countries of the Horn of Africa in its efforts to create a borderless digital market network and work in cooperation to bring about the desired change, he said. Mr. Daniel Muturi, the coordinator of the management members of the Horn of Africa Digital Market Linkage Project from the Inter-Governmental Organization of East Africa, said that stakeholders have a major role in carrying out the feasibility study of the project. He said that we will work on the project in cooperation with the Ministry of Innovation and Technology and the relevant bodies to achieve the desired results in a short period of time. The Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Environmental Protection Authority, Information Network Security Administration and Itswitch participated in the Horn of Africa Digital Market Linking Forum organized by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology. It has been pointed out that the East African Inter-Governmental Organization's Horn of Africa Digital Market Link Project aims to create a digital market link centered on the member countries.
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