West Africa Objectives - Ghana panel discussion C2C summit 2015

1. Albert E Enninful
Deputy Director General
National Communications Authority
Ghana
CONNECT2CONNECT PANEL DISCUSSION :
WEST AFRICA COAST TO COAST CONNECTIVITY
OBJECTIVES
C2C SUMMIT
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, July 28, 2015

2. Connectivity status in ECOWAS
5 undersea cable systems have landing stations in the region: SAT-3,
Main One Cable, WACS, ACE and Glo1
11 coastal members have at least one landing station to undersea cable
system
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have at least 2 access routes to undersea
cables systems.
Guinea-Bissau is in the process of getting landing station on ACE
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5. Connectivity status in ECOWAS (Contd)
Over 45 million active connected smart phones on mobile
networks in 4Q14
2G networks will continue to be operational for the foreseeable
future
Mobile Broadband( 3G/4G) picking up
About 2.3 million active fixed lines in 4Q14; however trend is
negative.
Industry players are: MTN, Airtel, Orange, Etisalat, Glo
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6. Top 4 Connectivity growth Enablers in
ECOWAS
Affordable and available data-enabled devices
Access to affordable under sea cable systems
Access to competitive high capacity backhaul infrastructure
Falling retail prices of data services for the foreseeable future
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7. Top 3 Challenges to connectivity growth in
ECOWAS
Different right of way laws impeding provision of transit
services
Access to under sea cable systems by landlocked countries
Taxation on ICT/telecom services and related products across
state boundaries.
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8. Opportunities
Exploration of complementary technology: e.g. TV white space
Adoption of roadmap and implementation of DTT and the
dividend there from
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9. Recommendations
Exploration of complementary technology: e.g. TV white space
Adoption of roadmap and implementation of DTT and the
dividend there from
Harmonization of right of way laws impeding provision of
transit services
Standardization/Reduction of taxation on ICT/telecom services
and related products across state boundaries.
Provision of national IXPs: savings and latency improvement;
increase affordability
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