Aurélie Adam Soule or Aurélie Adam Soule Zoumarou (born 1984) is a

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ese politician who serves as Minister of Digital Economy and Communications in the

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Early life and career

Soule was born in

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in 1984. She has a technology based master's degree from

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and a Certificate in Management of Public Policies and Leadership from Syracuse University in New York. She worked in France and returned to Benin in 2008.

Political career

Soule was appointed the Minister of Digital Economy and Communications for Benin. in October 2017 by President

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. In November 2018,

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appointed Soule to the United Nations Task Force on Digital Financing of Sustainable Development Goals, co-chaired by

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and

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. Soule was elected to chair the ministers of French-speaking nations who are working together to improve their medium and long terms plans for the digital economy in 2019. Soule encouraged further digitisation supported by

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in Benin. Laws had been written to regulate the e-economy byt they had not been passed. Soule noted that the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 provided an opportunity for further e-commerce.

References

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