Cameroon Minister urges experts to render big data profitable for Africa

Abstract

By 2030, revenues generated by big data in Africa will reach 10 billion dollars, but how much of this will stay in Africa, how many of our youths will play a leading role in the creation of this wealth as a function of their skills and to what extent will the big data economy transform our private sectors and productivity. The Minister’s reference to that statistic from Bearing-point brought into focus the pertinence of the Expert Group Meeting on Fostering African Private Sector in the Big Data Era which is being attended by Africa’s big and small players in the game.