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Dossier-TekLaunched in February 2025 with a 1.105 trillion CFA franc price tag, Senegal’s digital plan has delivered its first government platforms and its first laws. But its most tangible promise, to connect a million people by December, has lost its main tool, and the big industrial projects are still just signatures. A progress report, with the numbers.
Dossier-TekPaying for a subscription, a plane ticket or a purchase on a foreign website without a bank account: that is the promise of virtual cards linked to mobile money. Wave has launched its own with Visa and Ecobank in Senegal. How they work, the competitors, the limits and what is at stake: our Dossier-Tek.
Dossier-TekBanking, agriculture, customer service, local languages: AI is already at work in the continent’s companies. But between the announcements and the results, the gap remains wide. Figures, concrete examples and obstacles: our Dossier-Tek on what is really changing, and what is still holding things back.