Digital Divide Country Profile · Africa

Djibouti

Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.

National digital inclusion context

A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.

This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Djibouti in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.

The documented portfolio emphasizes Backbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile Infrastructure, Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure, Submarine / International Cable Infrastructure, Fiber/Fiber Optic. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.

Portfolio pattern

What the documented response contains.

Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.

Infrastructure and access

Backbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile Infrastructure1
Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure1
Submarine / International Cable Infrastructure1

Specific technologies

Fiber/Fiber Optic1

Intervention classification

Neither explicitly identified14
Infrastructure and Specific Technology1

Education and workforce

Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.

4 initiatives explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 3 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.

Access

Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.

Capability

Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.

Participation

Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.

Sustainability

Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.

Project and initiative portfolio

15 documented records

Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.

Broadband market development

Digital Foundations – Affordable Internet and Competition

2021–ongoing · Nationwide

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Status / period2021–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens and businessesOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank

Improves affordability and quality through competition and private-sector investment.

Activities and approach: Market reform; regulatory capacity

Education digital skills

Digital Foundations – Basic Digital Skills in Education

2021–ongoing · Schools and universities

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Status / period2021–ongoingLocationSchools and universitiesPopulationStudentsOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank

Integrates digital skills in formal education.

Activities and approach: Curriculum integration

EducationK–12College / university

Digital skills

Digital Foundations – Digital Skills for Entrepreneurs

2021–ongoing · Nationwide

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Status / period2021–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationEntrepreneursOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank

Develops practical digital skills needed to use broadband productively.

Activities and approach: Digital-skills training

EducationWorkforce

Digital adoption

Digital Foundations – MSME Digital Uptake

2021–ongoing · Nationwide

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Status / period2021–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationMicro, small and medium enterprisesOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank

Supports businesses to use digital services and participate in the digital economy.

Activities and approach: MSME digital support

Digital public services

Djibouti Digital Foundations Project – digital public service adoption

2022-2027 / implementation · Nationwide

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Status / period2022-2027 / implementationLocationNationwidePopulationResidents and businesses using public servicesOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank

Improves the usefulness and reach of online public services.

Activities and approach: Government platforms; digital services; institutional modernization

Digital skills and employment

Djibouti Digital Foundations Project – skills and jobs implementation stream

Implementation / 2026 procurement · Djibouti

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Status / periodImplementation / 2026 procurementLocationDjiboutiPopulationYouth, students, workers and job seekersOrganizationsMCPT; project PIU; World Bank

Builds capabilities and employment pathways for digital-economy participation.

Activities and approach: Training; education technology; skills procurement; jobs-oriented capacity

EducationWorkforce

Telecom sector reform

Djibouti Digital Foundations Project – telecom competition and private-investment reforms

2022-2027 / implementation · Nationwide

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Status / period2022-2027 / implementationLocationNationwidePopulationHouseholds, businesses and Internet usersOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank

Seeks better quality and affordability through competition and private investment.

Activities and approach: Sector liberalization; regulation; private-investment and affordability measures

Digital skills

EARDIP – digital skills development

Implementation · Djibouti

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Status / periodImplementationLocationDjiboutiPopulationStudents, workers, civil servants and targeted learnersOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank

Addresses capability barriers so improved broadband translates into meaningful use.

Activities and approach: Digital-skills programs; institutional capacity; regional learning

EducationWorkforce

Telecom enabling environment

EARDIP – enabling legal, regulatory and institutional ICT environment

Implementation · Djibouti and regional market

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Status / periodImplementationLocationDjibouti and regional marketPopulationConsumers, operators and investorsOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank; regional partners

Strengthens rules and institutions for competition, regional networks and sustainable investment.

Activities and approach: Legal/regulatory modernization; institutional capacity; harmonization; TA

Regional policy and regulatory integration

EARDIP – policy convergence for cross-border digital trade and data flows

Implementation · Horn of Africa / Eastern Africa

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Status / periodImplementationLocationHorn of Africa / Eastern AfricaPopulationConsumers, firms and digital-service providersOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; regional bodies; World Bank

Reduces regulatory friction that can raise costs or block cross-border digital services.

Activities and approach: Policy convergence; regulatory harmonization; cross-border data/trade rules

Broadband market integration

EARDIP Component 1 – connectivity market development and integration

Implementation · Djibouti and Horn of Africa

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Status / periodImplementationLocationDjibouti and Horn of AfricaPopulationConsumers, operators and underserved communitiesOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank

Combines infrastructure financing with reforms intended to reduce prices and improve quality.

Activities and approach: Connectivity-market reform; catalytic infrastructure financing; harmonization

Data infrastructure and cross-border data flows

EARDIP Component 2 – data market development and integration

Implementation · Djibouti and Eastern Africa

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Status / periodImplementationLocationDjibouti and Eastern AfricaPopulationGovernment, businesses and users of data-driven servicesOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank

Enables secure storage, processing and exchange of data across borders.

Activities and approach: Data governance; data infrastructure; secure exchange/storage; cybersecurity support

Cross-border digital services and trade

EARDIP Component 3 – online market development and integration

Implementation · Djibouti and Eastern Africa

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Status / periodImplementationLocationDjibouti and Eastern AfricaPopulationBusinesses, consumers and digital-service providersOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank

Expands access to and delivery of digital goods/services across borders.

Activities and approach: Digital-trade enablers; online-market integration; cross-border e-services

Backbone and cross-border fiber

EARDIP SOP-II – 300 km strategic cross-border and national backbone fiber

Approved / implementation through 2029 · Strategic backbone and borderland links

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Status / periodApproved / implementation through 2029LocationStrategic backbone and borderland linksPopulationRemote communities, operators and cross-border traffic usersOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank; EARDIP partners

Fills missing backbone links and extends capacity into borderland areas.

Activities and approach: Up to 300 km fiber; cross-border and national backbone links

Submarine / International Cable InfrastructureFiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureBackbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic

Cross-border broadband

EARDIP-SOP2 – Tadjourah and Obock Regional Broadband Integration

2021–ongoing · Tadjourah and Obock

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Status / period2021–ongoingLocationTadjourah and ObockPopulationResidents, businesses and regional usersOrganizationsGovernment of Djibouti; World Bank

Extends regional broadband integration benefits into underserved Djiboutian regions.

Activities and approach: Cross-border broadband connectivity

Evidence boundary

Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.

Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.

Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.

Evidence and contextProfile Sources

These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.

Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Djibouti. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/djibouti/
International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Djibouti. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=DJ
World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Djibouti. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=DJ

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