中非共建“数字非洲”的动力与发展路向

China-Africa Joint Construction of“Digital Africa”:Driving Force and Development Path

近年来,因发展需求旺盛、政府高度重视、企业积极参与,数字经济正成为非洲国家发展的新引擎。依托数字技术的各类新业态在非洲的蓬勃发展,“数字非洲”建设已成为非洲各国的发展共识。但从其国际竞争力来看,非洲数字经济发展仍处于起步阶段,与全球存在较大的数字鸿沟。当前,中非发展优势互补,发展战略积极对接,为中非共建“数字非洲”奠定了坚实的基础,数字经济合作也已取得初步成效。与此同时,中非共建“数字非洲”存在着诸多挑战:非洲基础设施仍然落后,发展驱动力不足;中非双边的软件支持和配套能力难以提供充分发展保障;网络信息安全问题突出,数字风险抵御能力不足。此外,负面舆情和国际竞争加剧也是不容忽视的因素。中非双方应以数字经济发展浪潮为契机,优化合作主体及合作模式,突破合作瓶颈,打通合作堵点,积极提高硬件配套能力、软件支持能力、风险防范能力以及国际合作竞争能力,推动中非数字经济合作迈上新台阶。

In recent years,the digital economy is becoming a new engine for the development of African economies due to the strong demand for development,the government’s high attention,and the active participation of enterprises.Various new forms of business relying on digital technology are booming in Africa.The construction of“Digital Africa”has become an African development consensus of all countries.However,from the perspective of its international competitiveness,the development of Africa’s digital economy is still in its infancy,and there is a large digital gap with the world.At present,China and Africa have complementary advantages in the digital economy and actively aligned their strategies,laying a solid foundation for China and Africa to jointly build a“Digital Africa”.China-Africa digital economy cooperation has also achieved initial results,but there are still many challenges.On the one hand,although Africa’s digital infrastructure has developed,it still lags behind the global average and lacks development momentum.At the same time,with the in-depth development of digital technology services,it is difficult for bilateral software support capabilities to provide development guarantees,network information security problems are emerging one after another,and risk resistance capabilities are insufficient.In addition,misunderstandings in the international community and intensified competition in the international digital market are also important factors that hinder China-Africa digital economic cooperation.Therefore,China-Africa joint construction of“Digital Africa”should take the wave of digital economic development as an opportunity to optimize cooperation entities and cooperation models,break through cooperation bottlenecks as well as cooperation blocking points,and actively improve hardware supporting capabilities,software support capabilities,risk prevention capabilities,and international competitiveness,to promote China-Africa digital economic cooperation to a new level.