Senegal Digital Economy Acceleration Project

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The development objective of the Digital Economy Acceleration Project for Senegal is to expand access to affordable and climate resilient broadband connectivity and improve adoption of online government services and electronic medical records. The project comprises of six components. The first component, strengthening climate-informed legal, regulatory, and institutional environment for digital economy will finance technical assistance (TA) activities to strengthen analog foundations to underpin a vibrant, safe, and inclusive digital economy by supporting key sectoral reforms. It consists of following sub-components: (i) improving telecom and broadband market competition; and (ii) strengthening enabling environment for digital economy. The second component, expanding digital broadband connectivity and digital inclusion will expand the national fiber optic backbone and the last-mile connectivity in selected areas. It consists of following sub-components: (i) expanding national fiber optic backbone; and (ii) expanding last-mile connectivity in Casamance and groundnut basin. The third component, supporting digital adoption aims to accelerate broadband uptake and increase the participation of the population in the digital economy by addressing key demand-side barriers: the provision of useful local content through digital public services and the enhancement of digital literacy and skills. It consists of following sub-components: (i) enhancing e-government technical foundations and services; and (ii) strengthening basic and intermediary digital skills. The fourth component, digitalizing selected health and social action systems and services will aim to support Ministry of Health and Social Action (MSAS) in leveraging digital technologies to strengthen the accessibility, quality, and security of healthcare services and health information in line with the strategic orientations of health system digitization program (PDSS). It consists of following sub-components: (i) infrastructure, connectivity, and equipment; (ii) governance, policy, and capacity reinforcement; and (iii) digital health platforms and services. The fifth component, project management will provide support for the management and implementation of project associated activities. The sixth component, contingent emergency response component is added to the project structure to provide support to the Government of Senegal (GoS) to swiftly respond to an eligible crisis, including climate or natural disasters and public health emergencies.