ASSESSMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION AND ICTs INFRASTRUCTURE IN AFRICA

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ASSESSMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION AND ICTs
INFRASTRUCTURE IN AFRICA

• ITU SYMPOSIUM AFRICAN ICTS ROADMAP TO ACHIEVE
  NEPAD OBJECTIVES
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• Arusha, Tanzania 1-3 April 2003
  B. Sanou

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
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Global Tele-REVENUE HUGE GROWING
Telecom Revenues US Billion
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The Market Just keeps Growing
ICT USERS (millions)
June 2002 Mobile surpasses fixed Internet
surpasses PCs
Mobile
PC
Fixed
Internet
Source ITU World Telecommunication Indicators
Database
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THE MOBILE PHONE BOOM
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MORE TELECOM REGULATORS
Number of Countries with separate telecom
regulators
Source ITU World Telecommunication Regulatory
Database
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REGULATORY BODIES IN AFRICA
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ICTs evolution in Africa
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Main lines per 100 inhabitants
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INTERNET USERS AND TV RECEIVERS
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WHERE DO WE STAND
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CHALLENGES
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CHALLENGES

• Construction of the infrastructure
• trunk links and smaller scale links to connect
  rural and remote areas.
• Innovative financing schemes
• Operation of the network
• Commercial operation of the network that insures
  economic profitability for the continent as well
• Creation of job opportunities

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• Using ICTs to lip frog basic economic issues
  through e-applications (e-education, e-heath
  etc.)
• Creation of the content in order to become a
  content provider and not only a passive content
  consumer

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IS NOT THE AFRICAN CONTINENT IN THE SIMILAR
SITUATION THAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE PANAFTEL PROJECT
IN THE 70S ?
CONCLUSION

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MERCI DE VOTRE ATTENTION

• Brahima Sanou
• Head, ITU Regional Office for Africa
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail brahima.sanou_at_itu.int

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