Senegal Seeks to Woo $1.7 Billion Investment for Digital Economy
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye seeks to attract $1.7 billion of investments to build digital infrastructure and create more job opportunities for the country's youth.
The funding would support projects such as building data centers and deploying high-speed internet across the country, with a target of having 5G coverage across the West African nation by 2030, Faye said during an on-stage conversation at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's commercial hub.
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