A partnership agreement has been announced between the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialised agency for digital technologies, and Senegalese regulator ARTP. The aim of this agreement is to support young women in digital development.
The agreement between the ITU and l’Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes du Sénégal (ARTP) is titled "Promoting digital commercial ecosystems integrating young women in Senegal in its phase 1". It aims to create a framework for close collaboration between the two institutions for the implementation of the project.
It was signed on the sidelines of the World Telecommunications Development Conference (CMDT-25), organized in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 17 to 28 November 2025, which certainly seems appropriate. The conference is a special platform for high-ranking officials from ITU Member States, to express their views on emerging trends and on matters of strategic importance to the development of the telecommunication and ICT sector.
The Senegalese project will, it is hoped, support young women by strengthening their participation in digital trade through targeted skills development, ecosystem support and the development of digital tools. That said, precise details are not yet available, although the ARTP website promises that a project documenting specific operational procedures and the distribution of roles and responsibilities will eventually be made available
The Director General of the ARTP, Dahirou Thiam, who was a co-signatory along with Director of the ITU Development Office Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, apparently stressed that this approach reflects the desire of the Senegalese authorities to make digital one of the engines of the national economy.
