By Enyichukwu Enemanna
Zimbabwe has won the bid to host the 2023 Transform Africa Summit, (TAS) coming up 26th to the 28th of April 2023 at the Victoria Falls. Out of 36 other members of the Smart Africa Alliance, Zimbabwe was selected to host the event taking place for the first time outside Rwanda.
The country’s President, Emmerson Mngangagwa will declare the summit officially open for public participation in exhibitions and multiple discussion panels and roundtables, a statement published by African Business on Tuesday says.
President Mngangagwa will welcome other Heads of State including, President Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda the Chairman of the Smart Africa Board, who will convene a Board meeting at the summit.
The Transform Africa Summit is the leading Africa tech and digital event organised by Smart Africa , which gathers over 5000 delegates from more than 100 countries to engage on the digital transformation of the continent across multiple sectors.
Heads of States, who constitute Smart Africa’s board, Ministers, International Industry leaders and key players in the ICT will attend the 3 day event aimed at making core decisions for Africa’s socio economic development through ICT.
This edition has as the theme, “Connect, Transform and Innovate” and will focus on regulation and policy, digital infrastructure financing, capacity building and skills development and digital continental trade among other key aspects.
“The Transform Africa Summit will be held outside Rwanda for the first time and we are pleased to have our active member country Zimbabwe hosting us in the city of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The TAS 2023, will once again underline the commitment of African Governments towards accelerating Africa’s digital agenda. We are welcoming all digital players from public and private sector on the continent in April in Zimbabwe. 2023 is a landmark year for Africa’s digital transformation”, said Mr. Lacina Koné, Director General and CEO of Smart Africa.
Smart Africa is an alliance of 36 African countries, international organisations and global private sector players tasked with Africa’s digital agenda.
The alliance is empowered by a bold and innovative commitment by African Heads of State to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development on the continent and usher Africa into the knowledge economy through affordable access to broadband and the use of ICTs.
