The digital show at Retaj hotel, Moroni. credit photo: Antoisse Ezidine.
The first digital economy show was held at the Retaj
Hotel in Moroni from 15 to 17 October 2019 under the supervision of the ministry
of telecommunications, information and communication technology. The event was
sponsored by Comores Telecom and Telma, the two leading telecommunications
companies in Comoros. Many organizations attended the show. Girls in Tech
Comores is an association whose aim is to empower young girls and women in the
ICT sector and help them to be politically and socially aware of the
opportunities and the dangers of the digital world. Asmine Said Ahmed, Girls in Tech president says
that her NGO fights for gender equality and is open to everyone at the national
and international level.
Chabane Mohamed Abdou works for ANRTIC, the
governmental body in charge of the ICT regulation in the country. ‘’ Our organization
has judicial, economic and technical missions in the ICT sector in Comoros.
Technically speaking, we are both the manager and supervisor of all the
frequencies used in the country in the aeronautic, maritime and
telecommunications fields ’’ he said.
Said Hachim said Ibrahim has just graduated from
SUP’MANAGEMENT- COMORES, a school of accounting, computer management,
international trade and tourism located in Moroni Coulée. He was accompanied by
his classmates, Soiwami Ali and Moussa Ahamada Ali Mohamed to represent their
school at the show. Said Ibrahim capstone is about ‘‘how to fight money
laundering in Comoros”. His school is a branch
of the Université intercontinentale libre and SUP’MANAGEMENT group specialized
in administration, engineering and tourism. The group is located in many countries
in northern and southern America, Africa and Europe.
Many conferences were also held during the three
days show. Ahmed Abdulatuf, PhD, is the computer engineering department head at
the University of Comoros. He was holding a conference on ‘‘Training in the
digital era’’. According to Abdulatuf,
knowledge is linked to the digital era in today’s world. ‘‘ As many new jobs
are emerging in the digital sector such as computer engineer, developer, web
designer, web master, to name but a few, businesses are to follow the trend in order to grow. Thus, in-service
training is a must,’’ he said. In order to evaluate the show for the next
edition, a questionnaire sponsored by the Comorian chamber of commerce and
industry was given to each visitor to fill in.
Chami Mouzawar
Contributing writer
