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