The Cape Verdean Prime Minister instituted, this Friday (17/12), the digitization of the country as an objective🇧🇷 To this end, he announced the creation of a fund and a social tariff for internet access for the poorest.
“In the first quarter of next year, we will have the Universal Internet Access Fund operational and the creation of the social internet access tariff with the aim of making the internet accessible to those with less ability to pay”, announced Ulisses Correia e Silva .
The head of government intervened, in parliament, at the start of the debate on “Digital Transformation and Digital Economy in Cape Verde”, and set out as a major objective to make the country a “digital society”, but considered that this implies “assuming in its fullness the Internet as an essential good”. And he said that this digital transformation should make it possible to improve “significantly” the quality of public services provided to citizens and companies.
The head of government noted that there are a number of public services supported by technology, but understood that, despite advances in electronic governance, only 7% of public services are provided online, with 73% being face-to-face services and with a lot of paperwork.
“We need to substantially change this framework”, he acknowledged, recalling that the Strategy for Digital Governance 2021/2024 was recently approved, with funding from the World Bank of at least 20 million dollars (17,8 million euros).
Ulisses Correia e Silva also said that the country needs to "advance further" in digitalization to improve the business environment, promised for next year improvements in the regime for opening companies with the Single Window, which will allow the integration and interoperability of services.
Also in this sector, Ulisses Correia e Silva outlined another objective to make Cape Verde a “reference digital center” in the region, through the submarine fiber optic cables that connect the shores of the Atlantic and the African sub-region.
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