The indispensable role of digitalisation, as the catalyst for Africa's economic transformation has been at the forefront of the 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The 4-day Summit, which has over 60 world leaders and several global economic giants participating, has been discussing issues of global interest, including stimulating economic growth to improve living standards, climate change, emerging technologies, among others. During a special session on Africa, which discussed the potential of technology to transform the continent, the WEF reached a consensus that adopting emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of things and digitising economies, are indispensable to the growth of Africa. Digital Economy, the way to go At a special roundtable, featuring President of Botswana, Duma Boko, the Secretary General of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene, among other speakers, the forum agreed to the urgent ne...