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Millennium Challenge Corporation at the bedside in the ICT sector

A few weeks ago, Togo reached the level of reform that made it possible to take the threshold of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. This threshold for the US program is 20 billion CFA francs, or more than 30 million euros, which will be used to modernize the technology, information and communication sector (ICT) at a time when Togolese consumers are complaining about the high cost of telephone…

agreement with Kinshasa on frequency regulation

The two nearest capitals of the world, separated by the Congo River, Brazzaville and Kinshasa, share the same spectrum of transmission and telecommunications frequencies. This sometimes gives rise to misunderstandings. For a coordinated management of these frequencies, the regulatory authorities in the two cities have just concluded an agreement.…

the process of privatizing Ethio Telecom and opening up telecommunications begins

The Ethiopian government has announced that it will launch tenders in next October for the partial privatization of the only mobile phone operator, Ethio Telecom, as well as the granting of two mobile phone licenses. Ethiopia is the last major African telephony market still closed to competition. By February 2021, the government hopes to have sold 40% of Ethio Telecom's capital and sold two mobile phone licenses. It is a real revolution for a country hitherto closed to foreign operators. Ethio Telecom actually has the…

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