EASSy stakeholders finally agree
After months of disagreement, stakeholders of the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) project have finally agreed on the various roles of each of the bodies involved.
By Emmy Olaki
After months of disagreement, stakeholders of the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) project have finally agreed on the various roles of each of the bodies involved.
The consensus was reached at a meeting for all stakeholders in Nairobi from July 4 to 6.
A joint press statement said a joint task force with representatives of each key stakeholder group was created to maintain continuous dialogue and channel governments’ policy objectives into the construction and maintenance agreement and shareholders’ agreement.
The EASSy initiative is a project aimed at connecting over 20 coastal and landlocked countries in east and southern Africa via high bandwidth, undersea cable system and terrestrial backhaul links to the rest of the world.
It wants to increase accessibility to information and communications technology by significantly reducing the prohibitive cost of telephony and Internet connectivity.
This will boost regional competitiveness and enable Africa participate more actively in the global economy.
The meeting reached its main objective of arriving at a consensus.
After months of disagreement, stakeholders of the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) project have finally agreed on the various roles of each of the bodies involved.
The consensus was reached at a meeting for all stakeholders in Nairobi from July 4 to 6.
A joint press statement said a joint task force with representatives of each key stakeholder group was created to maintain continuous dialogue and channel governments’ policy objectives into the construction and maintenance agreement and shareholders’ agreement.
The EASSy initiative is a project aimed at connecting over 20 coastal and landlocked countries in east and southern Africa via high bandwidth, undersea cable system and terrestrial backhaul links to the rest of the world.
It wants to increase accessibility to information and communications technology by significantly reducing the prohibitive cost of telephony and Internet connectivity.
This will boost regional competitiveness and enable Africa participate more actively in the global economy.
The meeting reached its main objective of arriving at a consensus.