Regional stakeholder engagement workshop to develop a regional ECCAS framework on cross-border data governance

Douala, Republic of Cameroon, 31 August – 04 September 2026– Douala, the economic capital of the Republic of Cameroon, hosts from 31 August to 04 September 2026, the regional stakeholder engagement workshop in the process of developing the regional framework on cross-border data governance of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).

For five days, experts from ECCAS member States will review the results of state readiness in the establishment of the regional framework and the consolidation of technical contributions in order to reach consensus on which pillars the regional framework will be based.

Work was initiated by the Director of Post, Telecommunications and Digital Economy of ECCAS Mr Guichard TSANGOU WANVOUKISSA, who in his opening speech reminded the Experts that they were the driving force behind this process, and who were the guarantors of the implementation and follow-up of the recommendations and deliberations resulting from these foundations.

The workshop is organized jointly with technical and financial support from ICZ, AUDA-NEPAD, ECA and AUC.

The ECCAS Commission delegation led by Mr Guichard TSANGOU is composed of the Director of Information Systems Mr. Happiness DJERABE DJATTOand the Senior Administrative Officer of the ECCAS Commission, Mr Abdel Hamit FADOUL ABDOULAYE,