As of the end of 2016, Egypt’s telecommunications sector was strongly positioned for future growth. With more than 95m mobile subscribers, the nation’s three mobile telecoms providers – namely Vodafone Egypt, Etisalat Misr and Orange Egypt – are investing heavily in network expansion, quality of service improvements and new technologies. This has accelerated in recent months, following the...
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Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Egypt 2017
While Egypt continues to face considerable economic challenges as it confronts the legacy of its recent political history, at the outset of 2017 the nation’s economic planners have reason for optimism.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Bruno Nabagné Koné, Minister of Communications, Digital Economy and the Post: Interview from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2017
Articles & Analysis | Government-led consolidation set to increase competition in Cote d'Ivoire's telecoms sector from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2017
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...
Articles & Analysis | New fibre-optic cable links up Cote d'Ivoire from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2017
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...
Articles & Analysis | Infrastructure, digitalisation set pace for ICT sector growth in Cote d'Ivoire from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2017
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....