Kitsoft and Smart Africa Sign MoU on Public Sector Digital Transformation
Smart Africa brings together 42 African countries and works to advance the continent’s digital transformation and the development of a single digital market.
Kitsoft, an international GovTech company with Ukrainian roots, and the Smart Africa Secretariat 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 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.
Smart Africa brings together 42 African countries and works to advance the continent’s digital transformation and the development of a single digital market. The Alliance provides a platform for cooperation between governments, technology companies, and international organisations, enabling countries to exchange experience and jointly develop digital solutions.
“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.”
– Oleksandr Iefremov, CEO, Kitsoft
“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.”
– Lacina Koné, Director General and CEO, Smart Africa
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 extreme conditions of the full-scale war, including large-scale DDoS attacks. The platform enables governments to rapidly build and scale digital public services.
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.
