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Barthi Airtel extending to Seychelles and Gabon
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20 August 2010 Telephone operators Bharti Airtel announced on 16 August 2010 its intention of investing ten million Dollars over three years in the Seychelles, in a number of IT infrastructure projects. Bharti Airtel have in fact just acquired the Seychelles operator Telecom Seychelles Limited, for an amount of 62 million USD. The operators are likewise going to invest a sum of 34 million Dollars in a submarine cable project 2,000 km long, between the Seychelles and Dar es Salam, the Seychelles East Africa Submarine cable (SEAS). This will in particular allow for the development of the Internet…
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Fiber optic project in the Seychelles: €8 million granted by EIB
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8 March 2011 During an official visit which took place March 4, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced its financial support for the first submarine fiber optic project in the Seychelles…
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AfDB loan to boost internet connectivity in the Seychelles
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11 May 2011 Internet connectivity in the Seychelles is set to be boosted by a $12 million (£7.2 million) loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The funding will be used to finance the Seychelles East African System (SEAS). The project has been designed to connect the island to global internet exchange centres using high bandwidth links at lower costs. SEAS will be co-financed by the European Investment Bank and equity contributions split between the Seychelles government, Cable and Wireless Seychelles and Airtel. The loan will see work begin on a submarine optical cable system…
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East African internet access to be boosted by new investment
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The African Development Bank recently announced that it would loan $12 million to boost internet connectivity in the Seychelles by financing the Seychelles East African System. Categories: ICT…
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Publication of report on IT development
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25 February 2010 23 February last saw the issue by the International Telecommunications Union of a report on the state of development of information technologies worldwide. Where Africa is concerned, the Seychelles, Mauritius, and the Republic of South Africa are the only countries to achieve classification in the 100 countries best equipped with regard to IT infrastructures. The use of IT has increased everywhere in the world, and prices have come down, but there are a considerable number of African countries which still have very restricted access, particular with regard to the broadband infrastructure,…
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East African energy development could raise future maritime security concerns
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to around 20 tcf. Further licensing for 16 offshore blocks there is expected. Additionally, thousands of kilometers of seismic work is underway off Seychelles, and exploratory drilling is planned for Kenya's…
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EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund
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Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda,…
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DBSA Project Preparation Fund
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Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Democratic Republic of Congo, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe Sub-Sectors…
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ICA Attends the U.S. Africa Energy Ministerial Forum in Addis Ababa, June 3-4, 2014
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of Mozambique, the Republic of Namibia, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Republic of Congo, the Republic of Rwanda, the Republic of Senegal, the Republic of Seychelles, the Republic of Sierra Leone,…
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IRMA FINAL REPORT-AfDB Official v2
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Country Average Score Madagascar 4.10 Gabon 3.30 Mauritania 4.09 Swaziland 3.30 Ethiopia 4.08 Senegal 3.19 Burundi 4.05 Seychelles 3.05 Liberia 4.00 Ghana 3.00 Djibouti 3.95 South Africa 2.87 Sierra Leone…