New partnership to introduce digital trust technologies in Cote d’Ivoire

Details: Vaughan O'Grady; Category: Service Management; 28 November 2025; 10533 views

Beyon Connect, part of Bahrain-headquartered technology company Beyon Group, the Ivorian postal service La Poste de Côte d’Ivoire, and Post Connect, an Egyptian company specialised in technical solutions for electronic trust services, have signed a memorandum of understanding.

The MoU aims to introduce secure, scalable, and proven digital trust technologies that enhance efficiency across government, business and citizen services.

This partnership brings together the national postal operator of Côte d’Ivoire, which will lead efforts to drive the country’s digital transformation agenda, supported by Post Connect acting as the regional operational partner, and Beyon Connect which will provide the underlying technology through its digital trust platforms OneBox, a free digital mailbox, and OneID, an advanced digital identity and electronic know your customer (eKYC) system.

Together, the three entities say they will work to demonstrate how advanced digital solutions can strengthen national digital infrastructure, enhance citizen engagement, and deliver measurable socio-economic value.

The collaboration will commence with a six-month proof-of-concept designed to assess and demonstrate the capabilities of OneBox and OneID in supporting secure, paperless communication and verified digital identity across public and private sectors in Côte d’Ivoire.

Through Beyon Connect’s OneBox and OneID, the collaboration aims to improve access to digital public services, strengthen trust in digital interactions, and promote inclusion across society in Côte d’Ivoire – which has recently, according to TechAfrica News, reaffirmed its ambition to accelerate national digital development.

Presenting a comprehensive roadmap during this week’s Africa Investment Forum 2025 in Rabat, Kalil Ibrahim Konaté, the Minister of Digital Transition and Digitisation, highlighted the country’s target of raising the digital sector’s contribution to the national GDP to between 6–8% by 2028, and ultimately to 12–15% in the years that follow. He emphasised that expanding digital infrastructure remains central to achieving this goal.