Yaoundé Declaration urges sovereign, interoperable DPI across Africa

The Yaoundé Declaration, adopted at the eGov'A 2026 summit in Cameroon on October 14–17, calls on African governments to build interoperable digital identity, payments and data-exchange systems and to host critical public data domestically by 2030. It also urges investment in data centers, government cloud, HPC and connectivity under a "Local First, African First" approach.

• Critical public data should be hosted domestically by 2030
• Declaration calls for interoperable digital ID, payments and data exchange
• "Local First, African First" prioritizes hosting within Africa
• African Observatory on E-Government and AI established as permanent body