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Smart Africa and Kitsoft aim to advance public sector digital transformation

The Smart Africa Secretariat, an alliance tasked with driving Africa’s digital agenda, and Kitsoft, an international govtech company with Ukrainian roots, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on public sector digital transformation.

The cooperation will focus on three key areas – digital public infrastructure (DPI), e-governance, and artificial intelligence. Kitsoft and Smart Africa say they plan to exchange practical experience in digital government, hold joint expert and educational sessions, and develop cooperation on building digital public services using low-code technologies.

As part of its cooperation with Smart Africa, Kitsoft will share its experience in using low-code technology to build digital public services. Liquio, Kitsoft’s low-code platform operates at the national level in Ukraine and is battle-tested under the conditions of the war in that country, including large-scale DDoS attacks. The low-code platform, which involves less manual coding, enables governments to rapidly build and scale digital public services.

Kitsoft says the open-source Liquio Community Edition enables governments to deploy the platform on their own infrastructure, adapt it to their needs, and independently develop digital public services. This approach can be particularly relevant for countries building their own digital infrastructure while seeking to maintain digital sovereignty.

Launched in 2013, Smart Africa is an alliance of 42 African countries, international organisations, and global private sector players tasked with driving Africa’s digital agenda. Its vision is to create a Single Digital Market in Africa by 2030.

Oleksandr Iefremov, CEO of Kitsoft, which works with governments and international partners across Europe and Africa, explains: “African countries today face the major task of digital transformation, and for us this partnership is first and foremost about sharing practical experience. Ukraine has come a long way in digitalising public services and continues to develop them even amid the full-scale war and constant cyberattacks. This experience has shown how important it is for governments to have the technology and capacity to independently build, scale, and develop their digital services. This is the experience and the approaches we are ready to share through our cooperation with Smart Africa.”

Lacina Koné, Director General and CEO, Smart Africa, adds: “Africa’s digital transformation must be built on ownership, capacity and solutions that respond to our own realities. This partnership with Kitsoft is an opportunity to turn global experience into practical value for our member states, strengthening their ability to build and scale trusted digital public services while maintaining digital sovereignty. Through cooperation on digital public infrastructure, e-governance and AI, we want to accelerate a transformation that is not only digital, but truly African-led and sustainable.”



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