Albert E Enninful Deputy Director General

National Communications Authority Ghana

CONNECT2CONNECT PANEL DISCUSSION :

WEST AFRICA COAST TO COAST CONNECTIVITY OBJECTIVES

C2C SUMMITDar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, July 28, 2015

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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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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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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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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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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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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COMMENTS/QUESTIONS