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World Bank approves Central African Backbone project

The Executive Board of Directors of the World Bank Group has announced its endorsement of the US$215 million, ten-year Central African Backbone Program (CAB Program). This program will support the countries of the Central African region in developing their high-speed telecommunications backbone infrastructure to increase the availability of high-speed Internet and reduce end-user prices.

12 Oct 2009

The CAB Program will also help countries harmonise the laws and regulations that govern the ICT sector to increase private sector investment and improve competition.

Three countries - Cameroon, Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) - are participating in the initial US$26.2 million phase of the program. A further eight countries are also eligible to participate in the program — Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Principe, and Sudan.

Read the full article on IRIN.