Google Africa official bemoans ‘lack of status’ as reason for weak ISP investment in Senegal

Agence Ecofin quotes Tidjane Deme, the operations manager for Google Africa (Francophone West), as saying that the ‘lack of status of ISPs ’ in Senegal is acting as a bar to investment in the country’s telecoms sector. At a meeting with ISPs on 27 November, Deme argued that the fact that local laws do not allow ISPs to deploy their own infrastructure – state telecom laws do not once mention the word internet and as such, ISPs are classed as providers of value added services (VAS) – means no investment, and in turn, no competition

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OVETEL Google Africa official bemoans ‘lack of status’ as reason for weak ISP investment in Senegal