The digital economy of West Africa is rapidly accelerating, establishing Côte d’Ivoire as a leading center for innovation in mobile finance and digital services. To support and secure this growth, B9F7 Buzz NetWorks S.L., a B9F7 Stark Internet Service B.V. company, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Lycée et École Supérieure Bèzone, a premier institution in Abidjan for commercial and technological higher education.

This collaboration establishes the “Abidjan FinTech Innovation Hub,” a joint program designed to co-develop and test next-generation financial technology solutions tailored for the specific compliance and infrastructure realities of the region. The hub will be powered by B9F7’s Resilient Cloud Infrastructure, providing a secure, high-availability, sandboxed environment for Bèzone’s top students and faculty.

This initiative is a direct application of our EdTech philosophy: to move beyond standard services and create immersive, production-level ecosystems for our educational partners. The hub has a clear, dual mandate.

First, it will serve as an accelerator for FinTech development. Students in Bèzone’s “Gestion Commerciale” (Business Management) and “Finances Comptabilité” (Finance) programs will work directly with B9F7 engineers. Using our secure cloud platform, they will design, build, and test new financial applications—from mobile micro-payment gateways to AI-driven regulatory compliance (RegTech) tools. This provides students with unparalleled, practical experience in building the very solutions their future careers will depend on.

For B9F7, this provides invaluable, on-the-ground R&D. It allows us to refine our FinTech solutions in real-time, ensuring they are not only technologically advanced but also perfectly aligned with the region’s market needs and regulatory frameworks.

Second, the partnership involves a comprehensive digital transformation of Institut Bèzone itself, serving as a model for the region’s EdTech sector. B9F7 is deploying a unified digital campus platform that integrates Bèzone’s student administration, online learning modules, and—most critically—its financial systems.

A key component of this deployment is a new, secure tuition and fee payment portal. This system is built using the same FinTech and Digital Trust principles that secure our global banking partners. We are integrating our Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and SSL/TLS certificate management to ensure every transaction is encrypted and every identity is verified. This not only streamlines the school’s operations but also provides a “living lab” for the finance students, allowing them to study a best-in-class, secure financial platform from the inside.

This synergy between the FinTech hub and the EdTech platform is what makes the partnership unique. Bèzone is not just a place where FinTech is studied; it is a place where it is built and lived.

As a B9F7 Stark Internet Service B.V. company, our mission is to provide the secure, reliable infrastructure that empowers innovation. This collaboration is a deep investment in the future of Côte d’Ivoire’s digital economy, creating a new generation of professionals who are fluent in building, managing, and securing the next generation of financial and educational technology.