Today the digital revolution is reshuffling the cards of the traditional economic model. Dematerialized transactions are becoming the new normal. This is evidenced for remittances in sub-Saharan Africa where they reached $46 billion in 2018, up by 10% in a year –, according to World Bank figures published last April. What is striking is that this amount is much higher than FDI ($32 billion in 2018), as highlighted in the latest UNCTAD world investment report.