Senegals ICT at a glance

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• Senegals ICT at a glance

Presenter Cynthia Griffin-Greene
Regional Senior Commercial Officer Dakar,
Senegal
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Senegals ICT at a glance

• Population 12 M

• Greater Dakar 3 M

• Urban concentration 55

• GDP growth 2006 2

• 260 000 fixed lines 63 percent in Dakar

• Fixed line penetration rate is 2.46

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Senegals ICT at a glance

• Mobile growth (05-07) 35

• Number of mobile subscribers 1,600,000
  subscribers

• GSM-covered population 75 percent

• Mobile penetration 24

• 18,000 telecenters

• Internet penetration rate 0.19

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The Major Players

• Sonatel is the dominant player

• A subsidiary of France Telecom

• Privatized since 1997

• Sonatel is the fixed-line monopoly

• A duopoly for the cellular sector

• Sonatel, through Orange, dominates the cellular
  market (60 percent of the market)

• Tigo, a subsidiary of Millicom International

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Internet Market

• A strong private sector offering value added
  services.

• A flurry of call centers mainly serving the
  European market

• A growing internet market with a dozen ISP
  offering value-added services

• Internet access limited to Sonatels node

• Sonatel is the leading ISP

• ADSL since 2003

• Internet bandwidth of 1.2 Gbps

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The Telecommunications Market

• One of the best performing telecommunications
  network in Sub-Saharan Africa

• A fully digital telephone network

• Telecommunications market value in 2006 USD 550
  million

• Deregulated since 2004.

• The third cellular license is still pending

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The Regulatory Environment

• A new telecommunication law in 2001, which
  supersedes the 1996 telecommunications code

• The creation of a quasi-independent regulatory
  agency ARTP

• Licensing guidelines for VOIP, broadband
  wireless, VSAT and other value added services
  fall into regulatory limbo

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Best Prospects

• Best opportunities remain in providing
  value-added services such as Voice over Internet
  Protocol (VOIP), WIFI technology etc

• Sales prospects in the supply of switching
  equipment and routers, as well as cellular
  handsets

•   Senegal has become a haven for teleprocessing
  activities. Opportunities for joint ventures for
  call centers and telemarketing businesses.

• Investment opportunities if the third global
  license is ever issued.

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Contact Us

• CS Dakar Tel [phone] / Fax
  (221)-842-9821
• www.buyusa.gov/westafrica

• Cynthia Griffin-Greene, RSCO Cynthia.Griffin.Gree
  ne_at_mail.doc.gov

• Youhanidou Wane Ba, Com. Spec Youhanidou.Wane.Ba_at_
  mail.doc.gov

• Medina Sy, Administrative Assistant
  Medina.Sy_at_mail.doc.gov

CS Abidjan Tel [phone] / Fax (225)
2249-4525

• Victorine Kabran, Admin. Assistant,
  Victorine.Kabran_at_mail.doc.gov

• Marie Paule Ngaleu, Com. Assist.,
  Marie.Paule.Ngaleu _at_mail.doc.gov

Incoming SCO

• Steven Morrison, SCO Steve.Morrison_at_mail.doc.gov