Over the past two decades, Niger and China have built strong bilateral relations across various sectors. This collaboration has recently gained momentum in the digital domain.

The People’s Republic of China is ready to partner with Niger in the digital sector, indicated Jiang Feng, China’s ambassador to Niger, during a meeting with Brigadier General Abdouramane Tiani, the president of Niger’s National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), on April 18.

Jiang Feng was joined by Zhou Jian, the Director General of China’s Emergency Cyber Response Team for Industrial Control Systems and a special representative of the Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology. The Chinese diplomat highlighted China’s position as the largest developing country with a highly advanced digital economy and its intent to closely collaborate with Niger, a fraternal nation, to foster its growth in the digital domain. 

“China, as the largest developing country with a highly developed digital economy, intends to conduct very close cooperation with Niger, a brotherly country, to develop it in the digital field in order to promote the already excellent bilateral cooperation to a new level for the benefit of our two nations,” he said.

The meeting between the two politicians was held on the sidelines of the first edition of Semaine du numérique (Senum24) organized by Niger under the theme “le numérique et la souveraineté ( Digital and Sovereignty)”. The event aims to discuss mechanisms, solutions, and initiatives to address challenges related to digital transformation in the country.

During the meeting, Jiang Feng expressed his satisfaction with this theme, which he considers a demonstration of the CNSP's will and determination to give paramount importance to this sector in the socio-economic development of the country.

Samira Njoya