DIGITEUL
Our story

Expertise forged on African ground for 25 years.

DIGITEUL was born of a conviction: African institutions deserve digital systems worthy of their ambitions. Not ill-fitting imported solutions, but architectures designed for their realities, deployed by experts who know the field.

Founder

Babacar SOW

Digitalization & Information Systems Expert

EducationPolytech'Nice Engineer · 1998
MBABanking, Insurance & Wealth Management · ISM Dakar · 2013
Experience25+ years · 12 African countries
LanguagesFrench (native) · English (fluent)

Computing became a passion the moment I got my first computer at the age of 16. Ever since, I have been driven by a continual desire to innovate. Fully versatile and with more than 25 years of experience delivering IT solutions, I have built genuine skills in the design and management of IT projects and in leading both functional and technical teams.

My career has led me to develop deep domain expertise: banking, insurance, health coverage, energy, forestry, civil registry. This dual expertise — technical and business — is at the heart of DIGITEUL's value proposition and of its ability to deliver systems that truly work in African contexts.

From the servers of the French Riviera to the civil registry centres of Bangui, by way of the health mutuals of Dakar and the microfinance institutions of the Maghreb, every project has reinforced one conviction: sustainable digital transformation relies on trained local teams, open systems and complete control of data by the client institutions.

Journey

25 years of structuring projects.

1998

Engineering degree · Polytech'Nice

Computer engineering degree from the École Supérieure en Sciences Informatiques of Sophia-Antipolis. A rigorous foundation in software engineering, systems and databases.

2000 – 2008

European experience

Software development in France: embedded systems, B2B platforms, institutional CMS. Building cross-cutting expertise across mature markets.

2005 – 2008

Banking information system · CHAKA Computer

Project manager for the rollout of a comprehensive banking IS for BHS, BICIS and SGBS — module analysis and leadership of a team of engineers.

2008 – 2014

International microfinance

Leading IS projects for microfinance institutions in Morocco, Mali, Gabon and Egypt — risk centralization, interfaces with external systems, database security.

2014 – 2016

Forestry & Energy · PROGEDE2 (IDA)

IS expert for the sustainable management of forest and energy resources in Senegal. Design of the resource-management GIS and of the monitoring-and-evaluation system.

2016 – 2020

Universal Health Coverage · ANACMU

Design of SIGICMU, the biometric identification system and the SamaCMU mobile application for Senegal's universal health coverage scheme.

2020 – 2024

Digital civil registry · NEKKAL Senegal (EU)

IS expert on the EU programme strengthening Senegal's civil registry: supervision of a team of 6 ANEC engineers and the integration of 20 million records into the RNEC.

2025 →

Civil registry modernization · MODERO CAR (EU)

Leading the overall IS architecture, supervising technical experts and overseeing rollout across the civil registry centres, courts and health facilities of the Central African Republic.

Domain expertise

Six sectors of deep competence.

Civil registry & digital identity
Health & medical coverage
Banking & microfinance
Energy & forestry
Biometrics & national registries
Wealth & real-estate management
Our values

What guides every project.

Digital sovereignty

We design systems that make African institutions masters of their data, their infrastructure and their digital destiny. No dependency, no black box.

Technical excellence

Maintainable code, durable architecture, security by design. The founder's experience, trained in Europe and seasoned in the African field, informs every delivery.

Skills transfer

Our engagements do not end at deployment. We train local teams so they become autonomous on the systems we build together.

Areas of operation

Present in more than 12 African countries.

Our teams operate mainly across French-speaking sub-Saharan and central Africa. We adapt our delivery models to each context: on site, remote, or a mixed local-international team.

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Business domains
  • Senegal
  • Central African Republic
  • Mali
  • Morocco
  • Gabon
  • Egypt
  • Benin
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroon
  • Togo
  • Niger

Reference projects

MODERO2025 →
Central African RepublicCivil registry
NEKKAL2020 – 2024
SenegalCivil registry · 20M records
ANACMU / SIGICMU2016 – 2020
SenegalHealth coverage
PROGEDE22014 – 2016
SenegalForestry & Energy
PlanetFinance2008 – 2014
Morocco · Mali · GabonMicrofinance
Our commitments

Guarantees, not promises.

Every DIGITEUL engagement rests on a foundation of contractual and technical requirements. They are what separates a system that is merely delivered from a system that lasts.

Software quality

Reviewed, tested and documented code, modular architecture and open standards. Every delivery comes with technical and functional documentation your teams can actually use.

Security by design

Encryption of sensitive data, fine-grained access control, logging and regular audits. Security is built in from the design stage, never bolted on afterwards.

Data sovereignty

National or regional hosting at your choice, source code handed over to the client, no dependency on a proprietary black box. Your data stays your data.

Regulatory compliance

Compliance with Senegal's personal-data law (CDP), the ECOWAS additional act and GDPR best practices for projects involving European funders.

Support & maintenance

Evolutive and corrective maintenance contracts with response-time commitments, proactive platform monitoring and guaranteed continuity of service after deployment.

Skills transfer

Training of local teams, transfer of technical mastery and support all the way to full autonomy. Our success is measured by your independence.

How we work

A method proven in the field.

From needs analysis to the autonomy of your teams, every project follows a structured, iterative approach rooted in the local context.

Framing & analysis

On-site immersion, analysis of business processes and regulatory constraints, definition of a realistic target architecture.

Design & build

Iterative incremental development, systematic code reviews and regular demonstrations to validate each module with your teams.

Deployment & integration

Progressive go-live, migration of existing data, interconnection with third-party systems and testing under real conditions.

Transfer & maintenance

Training of users and administrators, handover of documentation and long-term support all the way to full autonomy.

Let's work together.

Are you leading a digital transformation project in Africa? Our team is available for an initial conversation.

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