Promoting initiatives for investment in access and backbone cross-border information infrastructure through smart partnerships between public, private and not-for-profit sectors, in order to achieve universal access and full inter-country connectivity.
Goal… To attract investment into information infrastructure to meet universal access and full backbone inter-connectivity aspiration.
Strategies… Facilitating regional initiatives to attract investment into ICT infrastructure; and coordinating multi-utility feasibility studies on integrated infrastructure.
Core Activity Partners |
NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development |
ADB African Development Bank |
PAPU Pan-African Postal Union |
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organisation |
SADC Southern African Development Community |
CEN-SAD Community of Sahel-Saharan States |
COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
IGAD Intergovernmental Authority in Development |
ECOWAS Economic Community for West African States |
RASCOM Regional African Satellite Communication Organisation |