The Senegalese Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital Technology (MCTN) announced, on Wednesday 24 December, the signing of memoranda of understanding with the Republic of Azerbaijan, following of an official visit to Dakar by an Azerbaijani delegation on 22 and 23 December. These agreements, concluded with Senegal Numérique SA (SENUM) and the Commission for the Evaluation, Support and Coordination of Start-ups (CEAC), aims to to promote the transfer of skills and the sharing of levers to accelerate the digital transformation of the Senegalese administration.

As part of this cooperation, the establishment The next joint committee meeting is planned. Their mission will be to work on several priority projects, including cybersecurity, training, talent attraction and retention, and collaboration between start-ups and the State through public innovation models. La digitization of administrative processes is also at the heart of partnership, with the aim of improving the efficiency and performance of public action.

This merger is part of a wider dynamic of international cooperation, initiated by a series of exchanges initiated in November 2025 between Dakar and Baku around their respective ambitions in matters of modernising public systems and developing the economy digital. For Senegal, this initiative is fully in line with the framework of the Technological New Deal, the national strategy launched in February 2025, which aims to accelerate the digitalization of the administration, strengthen the digital sovereignty and support the emergence of a start-up ecosystem innovative and competitive.

For its part, Azerbaijan benefits from an experience recognized in terms of e-governance, with the deployment of platforms integrated public and digital identity solutions. These advances have allowed the country to rank among the best positioned states in the United Nations Global E-Government Development Index, with A score of 0.7607 out of 1.