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Digital Technology: A Tiger in The Engine of the National Economy
le numérique contribue incontestablement using digital goods and services). The number
au développement des activités du secteur of direct jobs created in the telecommunications
tertiaire, moteur de l’économie nationale. sector increased from 3 814 to 6 793 between
2010 and 2015, representing an increase of
Les emplois générés more than 78%. In 2019, the number of jobs were
6 815, representing a slight increase of 0.3%
Suivant une estimation effectuée à partir des compared with 2015, due notably to numerous
données recueillies auprès de l’Agence de job transfers between telecommunications and
Régulation des Télécommunications (ART), en the digital sphere as a whole, induced by the
2019, le numérique aurait employé, directement opportunities created with the intensification of
ou indirectement, environ 250 000 personnes, the deployment of broadband networks.
The indirect job creation potential of the digital
ecosystem is expected to increase exponentially
due to the emergence and integration of new
professions (application developers, web
designers, web marketing, web hosts, big data
analysts, etc.) into the labour market in terms
of training, qualifications and entrepreneurial
profiles.
Impact on Public Taxation
The telecommunications sector generated
405 billion CFA francs in 2010. In 2019, this
amount was estimated at more than 600
billion CFA francs, that is an increase of about
48.26%. Although the revenue of electronic
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