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Digital transformation in action
Senegal “Digital platforms in Senegal will constitute a bridge linking new technologies with the rural production environment to improve productivity, facilitate market access and strengthen value chains.”
Amadou Thiendella Fall
In November 2016, FAO launched the Agricultural Services and Digital Inclusion in Africa (SAIDA) initiative in French, with corresponding pilot phases in Rulindo, Rwanda and Tambacounda, Senegal. The initial four apps are now five with the recently added COVID-19 app. The digitalization of agriculture in Senegal between 2019 and 2022 demonstrated the strong focus of agricultural technological developments in Africa. Digitalization initiatives include the e-advisory services SAIDA, promoted by FAO, the e-commerce platform Senlouma, produced by the National Consulting Agency Agricultural and Rural (ANCAR) with FAO support, and the GIS-driven e-Tolbi platform, created by Senegalese Presidential Award winner start-up Tolbi, specifically aimed at creating jobs for young people and women. These initiatives implemented by ANCAR allow real-time access to silvipastoral production information adapted to climate change with SAIDA, satellite imagery and artificial intelligence-driven advice with e-Tolbi and a virtual market facilitating the purchase of inputs and the sale of production with Senlouma. The ongoing popularization of these platforms in the Senegalese agricultural world will favour job creation for young people, who will be better equipped with a knowledge of digital media and therefore more able to take charge of the training of producers. All platforms also target a minimum of 30 percent women among beneficiaries.
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Partnerships, including institutions
The FAO country office in Senegal relied on ANCAR for the implementation of SAIDA, and ANCAR has worked with the following structures: • Afrikinnovations (an African company working in the development of rural areas); • Tolbi (an African company working in the digitalization of African agriculture); • Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie ( National Agency for Civil Aviation and Meteorology ) ; and • Agency Regulation of Public Markets (ARMP).
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