Potential for Privatizing Telecommunications Systems in Africa: The Cases of Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Kenya and Senegal

摘要

Poor telecommunications systems in many African countries continue to be a major impediment to attracting private sector business and investment. The premise of the report is that these problems could be remedied by privatizing the telecommunications sector. The paper analyzes the current systems of four countries - Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, Kenya, and Senegal. For each nation, the survey team considered the legal and regulatory environment surrounding telecommunications, the distribution and composition of current systems, and institutional and/or legal impediments to privatization. Also considered are U.S. interests in and capabilities of providing, maintaining, and investing in African telecommunications. From this survey, a telecommunications privatization checklist was developed to aid in preliminary assessments of privatization prospects. Bibliography.