Relevance. The choice of ways to choose a free region in the context of digitalization plays a big role in public life. Strategizing the socio-economic development of the region is a complex and important process that determines the target areas for the development of the region. However, during the period of involvement of digital technologies in the life of society, the process of planning and implementing measures for the socio-economic development of regions is complicated by the phenomena of digitalization, which causes a number of problems.The purpose is to consider the consequences and problems that cause digitalization in the field of socioeconomic strategic strategy of the regions.Objectives: to designate the essence of socio-economic development in the regions and approaches to objects; consider the process of forming the current policy in the context of planetary African development in the context of digitalization; identify the problems of current socio-economic development policies caused by digitalization.Methodology. When considering this topic, methods were used: analysis, synthesis, generalization, association, as well as graphic methods of information processing, etc.Results. An examination of different approaches to the concept of “socio-economic development”, as well as a detailed consideration of the policy-making process in the context of global development, taking into account all the consequences of the digital economy and the opportunities that it uses.Conclusion. It is necessary to direct efforts to accelerate software and technical progress, conduct a thorough check of personnel, and redirect the negative aspects of development to the likelihood of socio-economic development on the proposal to form a policy of broad development in the regions.