at the ministerial roundtable on addressing the risks of a smarter world during the ITU Telecom World Conference 2018 in Durban.
"The security, confidence and perception of end users is very important," Sanou said. "We must mediate the potential risks of ICT users in order to enable us to tap into its full potential for development."
He encouraged governments to address the risk without scaring their citizens.
The Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy in Guinea, Moustapha Mamy Diaby, said cyberspace is unavoidable and critical to the development of the new economy.