In Africa, internet roads are fragile, as evidenced by the serious incident in mid-March 2024, which affected many countries in the west and center of the continent. African cyberspace nevertheless constitutes a strategic issue. Chinese companies have developed a significant influence there, making smartphones and telecommunications equipment accessible. But what about digital sovereignty?
Our guest, Charlotte Escorne, is a doctoral student in the Laboratory of the French Institute of Geopolitics, associated researcher with the Geode Datasphere Geopolitics Project, specialist in the deployment of 5G in Africa, particularly in Ivory Coast and Senegal.
sources: ITU, UEMOA, telegeography, uptime institute
Senegal and Ivory Coast: two strategic countries for interconnection in the sub-region. © Charlotte Escorne, IFG Lab, Géode, May 2022
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