Publication: Mauritania Digital Economy Country Assessment
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2025-07-28
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2025-07-28
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This assessment of Mauritania’s digital economy is part of the World Bank Group (WBG) Digital Economy for Africa (DE4A) initiative, which supports the operationalization of the African Union Digital Transformation Strategy for Africa 2020–2030. The strategy, developed by the African Union with WBG support and adopted in February 2020, seeks to harness digital technologies and innovation to transform Africa’s societies and economies. The initiative has set an ambitious vision, underpinned by measurable goals and indicators, to ensure that every African individual, business, and government is digitally enabled by 2030. The initiative is rooted in the five core principles of being comprehensive, transformative, inclusive, homegrown, and collaborative. It also seeks to ensure that the digital economy addresses emerging risks, such as cybersecurity and the growing market concentration associated with a platform-based economy.
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“World Bank. 2025. Mauritania Digital Economy Country Assessment. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/43513 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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