China pledged to help build a "digital Africa" at a recent forum in Beijing on digital cooperation. Two participants at the forum, Zimbabwean Deputy Minister of Information Communication and Technology Dingumuzi Phuti, and analyst Chen Huiyi at Development Reimagined, discuss the initiative and its potential to strengthen partnerships in digital policy, infrastructure, and more.

1. Plan in the pipeline in Zimbabwe for smart city following Chinese examples (4:17)

2. Digital infrastructure coverage, affordability of mobile services, gender disparity challenges for building "digital Africa" (5:08) 

3. Zimbabwe rolls out initiatives to provide girls, startups access to technology (9:20)

4. Digital technology, infrastructure to be seamlessly integrated to enhance connectivity, productivity, quality of life in "digital Africa" (13:27)

5. Young and dynamic population has competitive edge to drive digital transformation (23:47)