The IT sector in Gabon may still be in a nascent stage, but it is expected to leap ahead in the next two years with the pending launch of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine fibre-optic cable. Under the Digital Gabon Plan, the state has committed to make the country a digital economy by 2016. While the current low level of internet...
With the arrival of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) fibre-optic cable and increasing demand for digital services, Gabon’s IT sector is on the cusp of considerable growth. The expansion of national bandwidth through the introduction ACE is likely to boost the number of internet users in the next one to two years, particularly in the fast-growing...
Competition continues to grow in Gabon’s mobile telephony sector, as four operators vie for market share in a population of just 1.5m. As mobile subscriber numbers are nearing saturation, future growth will be driven by the expansion into new products and services. Two projects that have long been in the works – commercialisation of the new Africa...
In April 2013, newspaper headlines in Ghana fêted the distribution of 50,000 laptops by the government to teachers. The effort marked part of a push to make the internet and IT services more accessible to millions of Ghanaians. The country’s stable investment framework, combined with a strong education system, rising per capita income levels and...
In 2013, President John Dramani Mahama took a moment during the annual “State of the Nation” address in Accra to hail the rise of the domestic telecom sector, noting that telephone subscriptions in Ghana had more than doubled since December 2008. The remark highlighted the industry’s success in increasing penetration beyond the regional averages....
The IT sector has gained much ground over the last decade, witnessing a dramatic rise in internet penetration – from a negligible rate in the year 2000 to levels of access comparable to Europe by 2013. Substantial government investment in e-services and infrastructure have boosted the nation’s network readiness and gone some way towards mitigating...
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