ICT
From The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2017
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With high headline growth opening up new business opportunities, Côte D’Ivoire’s telecoms sector continues to grow on the back of newly inaugurated 4G networks, expanding coverage and a series of regulatory reforms, which include the revocation of some licences for smaller operators and the issuance of a licence for a new entrant. These moves are helping to reshape a market and sector that had previously been hampered by high competition, limited infrastructure and inconsistent service. In parallel, a government-led plan to expand broadband infrastructure across the country is helping to improve fixed and backbone connectivity. Improving conditions for domestic IT companies will help ensure that the expansion taking place in the sector can be maintained for the coming years. This chapter contains an interview with Bruno Nabagné Koné, Minister of Communications, Digital Economy and the Post.

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Overview

Market shake-up: Government-led consolidation set to increase sector competition
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With high headline growth opening up new business opportunities, Côte d’Ivoire’s telecommunications sector is continuing to grow on the back of newly inaugurated 4G networks, expanding coverage and a series of regulatory reforms, which include the revocation of some licences for smaller operators and the issuance of a licence for a new entrant. Together, these moves are helping to reshape a market and sector that had previously been hampered by high competition, limited infrastructure and inconsistent…

Interview

Mutual benefits: Bruno Nabagné Koné, Minister of Communications, Digital Economy and the Post, on building the ICT industry
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Interview: Bruno Nabagné Koné How can digitalisation be developed and expanded throughout Côte d’Ivoire? BRUNO NABAGANE KONE: The first step is to ensure reliable high throughput connectivity throughout the country. This is being achieved through extending the national fibre-optic backbone, coupled with boosting the bandwidth of the “last-mile” segment by the use of technology, such as high capacity radio-relay links, 3G, CDMA, 4G and the recently announced deployment of fibre to the home. As…

Analysis

Cabling the land: A new fibre-optic network is linking up the country
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Côte d’Ivoire has been establishing the necessary infrastructure to improve conditions for the expansion of telecoms and information technologies usage in the country. Critical in this effort is the ongoing project of setting-up a nationwide, fibre-optic broadband network. The National Broadband Project, launched in 2012, will deploy close to 7000 km of fibre optics and cost a total of CFA106.8bn (€160.2m). Creating a reliable broadband network to connect the country will be essential in fuelling…

Overview

Expanding access: Infrastructure and digitalisation set the pace for sector growth
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The development of the ICT sector in Côte d’Ivoire has been led mostly by the fast expansion of telecoms services — and mobile activity in particular — over recent years. As with many frontier markets, the IT segment of the sector, which includes hardware and software development, cloud computing and networking, has lagged somewhat behind. Although this reality is equally visible in many other West African economies, consumer and business usage in the country continue to evolve at a slower…