By Asha Elmi - Editor-in-Chief
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DOHA, 12 November 2026 Djibouti's Communications Minister Mohamed Abdoulkader Moussa Helem on Wednesday outlined his country's digital priorities, including cybersecurity, connectivity, protecting critical infrastructure and responsible governance of artificial intelligence, at the top conference of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the state news agency ADI reported.
Speaking at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-26), which opened in Doha, Qatar, the minister said Djibouti was committed to an "inclusive, sovereign and resilient" digital transformation in line with its national Djibouti Vision 2035 plan, ADI said.
"Digital sovereignty is now a major strategic issue," he wrote in a Facebook post, adding that it "determines the independence of nations, their competitiveness and their ability to fully control their future."
On the sidelines of the conference, the minister met his counterparts from Brunei, Algeria and Kenya, as well as the head of Qatar's communications institutions and the chairman of Al Jazeera's board of directors, ADI said. The agency did not give details of the discussions.
PP-26 is the top decision-making body of the ITU, the U.N. agency for telecommunications and information and communication technologies.
Djibouti hosts several undersea cables linking Africa, Europe and Asia, making it a regional digital hub.