Hadja Fatimata Ouattara (nee Sanon) is a Burkina Faso politician who was Minister of Digital Economy and Postal Development from February 2017 to January 2022.
[1][2] In 2005, Ouattara became the webmaster of the Burkina Knowledge Management Network and created the Burkinabè Association for Linux and Free Software.
[1][2] Ouattara was appointed Minister of Digital Economy and Postal Development by President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on 23 February 2017.
[4][3] In April 2017, she launched the construction of thirteen metropolitan fiber optic loops in each regional capital of the country, a 36 million euro project designed called "G-cloud", largely funded through the Danish International Development Agency.
[6] In July, she opened the Second IT Forum Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou and affirmed the government's goal to fully computerize its administrative processes and provide universal access to digital technology for all Burkinabès.