Since 1994

IT, backed by experience.

A true commitment to excellence

Maintenance, networks, software and training for businesses and public administrations. A company founded in Nouakchott in 1994.

Founded in Nouakchott
1994
of experience
32 years
people trained: civil servants, bankers, senior executives…
50,000+
CDD Sup is founded
2026

Our services

Our areas of expertise, serving businesses and public administrations.

Founded in Nouakchott in 1994

CDD Informatique was founded in Nouakchott in 1994 by Dr Ahmed Idriss Oumar Daoud.

CDD was meant to stand for “Cabinet Docteur Driss”. On the day it was registered, in 1994, Dr Ahmed Idriss answered a remark about the computing of tomorrow: “C’est déjà demain”, “it is already tomorrow”. The phrase became the new meaning of CDD.

The hardware has changed several times since then. What our clients expect from us has stayed the same: workstations, a network and software that work, and someone who answers when they don’t.

1994Year the company was founded

Four people in front of computers at the CDD Informatique premises in 1994
At the CDD Informatique premises, Nouakchott, 1994.

They have trusted us

  • Mauritania Airports Company (SAM)
  • Prime Minister’s Office
  • Ministry of the Interior
  • Ministry of Vocational Training
  • Ministry of the Environment
  • Secretariat of State for New Technologies
  • Secretariat of State for Administrative Modernisation
  • UNDP
  • GTZ
  • Mobil Oil Mauritania
  • German Embassy
  • French Embassy (French Cooperation)
  • Supreme Court
  • Court of Auditors
  • Directorate General of Taxes
  • Autonomous Port of Nouakchott
  • HAPA
  • Nouakchott Region (formerly the Urban Community)
  • Tevragh-Zeina municipality
  • Terre des Hommes
  • SAMIA
  • NAFTEC Mauritania
  • SOMAREM (Mercedes-Benz)
  • EMOD school group (École Mokhtar Ould Daddah)

Why CDD was founded

In 1994, computing was only just reaching Mauritania. CDD was founded so that the country would not fall behind.

The context

Computers were still rare. Ministries and most companies worked on paper and with typewriters.

There were very few IT companies in the country: installing or repairing equipment often meant bringing in a technician from abroad.

The project

Having enrolled as a doctoral student in Berlin, then earned his doctorate in computer science in Leningrad, in the Soviet Union, Dr Ahmed Idriss returned to Mauritania with a conviction: computing would transform everything, and the country had to get ready.

He founded CDD to equip and support the companies and administrations that wanted to computerise, and to train Mauritanians in these new tools.

What CDD brought

  • Training from 1994, CDD trained people in computer tools; its training institute was officially approved in 2002.
  • Equipment and maintenance hardware supplied, installed and repaired locally, with no need to wait for a technician from abroad.
  • Networks and radio computer networks and radio communication systems, notably as the former representative of Thomson-CSF Communications (now Thales).
  • Internet access in 1999, CDD opened the Cyber Khaima, an Internet café making Internet access easier in Nouakchott.

Recognition

CDD quickly made a name for itself by solving urgent problems for companies and banks.

This work took it to the top of its sector at the time, built its reputation and opened the doors of institutions, embassies and foreign cooperation agencies.

Constant innovation

Since its creation, CDD has never stopped innovating.

Its latest step is higher education. After a process started in 2018, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research authorised CDD Sup, CDD’s training branch, which has carried this name since the early 2000s, to become a private higher education institution in 2026.

And CDD keeps moving forward with ever more innovative, high-quality services: it develops applications, websites and management software built on the latest technology.

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Our approvals

The official approvals CDD has obtained.

Approval of the private vocational training institute

2002

Approval of the private vocational training institute

Ministries of the Interior and of the Civil Service

Authorisation to create a private higher education institution (CDD Sup)

2026

Authorisation to create a private higher education institution (CDD Sup)

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, 24 March 2026

Let’s talk about your setup

Tell us what you need. We will get back to you with a proposal.

Address
373 Rue Dah Ahmed Boussat, Nouakchott, Mauritania
Phone
+222 38 00 88 70
Email
cdd@cdd.mr
Opening hours
Monday to Thursday, 9 am to 8 pm; Friday and Saturday, 9 am to 12 noon