The Impact of PPIs in the Development of Broadband and the Way Forward: Ghana's Case

Idongesit Williams, Daniel M. O. Adjin and Kenneth K. Tsivor
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Idongesit Williams: CMI Aalborg University Copenhagen
Daniel M. O. Adjin: CMI Aalborg University Copenhagen
Kenneth K. Tsivor: CMI Aalborg University Copenhagen

Communications & Strategies, 2013, vol. 1, issue 91, 81-102

Abstract: Telecom infrastructure development has been enabled greatly by different forms of collaborations or synergies between the public and the private sector. These synergies in most cases are exigent measures employed to enable the diffusion of telecom infrastructure into underserved and un-served areas. This paper examines the role of different public-private interplay that exists in Africa that were aimed at developing telecom infrastructure and why this public-private interplay could help in extending broadband connectivity to rural areas. Ghana is identified as a country with almost 80% penetration of mobile telephony. This has been made possible by the public-private collaborations fostered towards telecom infrastructure development. Ghana is used as a case to examine the strategies and identify possibilities for more of these collaborations. Data was gathered qualitatively. The significance of the paper is to narrate the possibility of using PPP to develop broadband infrastructure in Africa.

Keywords: public private interplay; broadband; Ghana; Africa; developing countries. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H00 O16 O2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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