The Mauritania component of the West Africa Regional Digital Integration Program (WARDIP-Mauritania) is expanding access to broadband and digital services through the development and integration of the country’s digital markets with those of the West African region. The project focused on 3 key elements for the integration of digital technologies at the regional level: the connectivity market, the data market, and the online market. This involved:

(1) Continuing the efforts begun under the WARCIP-Mauritania Project to expand connectivity, lower cost, and improve quality of service;
(2) Enabling the secure exchange, storage, and processing of data across borders, and supporting regional deployment of and access to data-based services and innovation;
(3) Expanding access to and delivery of public and private online services; and
(4) Establishing transparent and secure e-commerce at the regional level.