INTEGRATED APPRAISAL OF A REGIONAL AFRICAN SATELLITE PROJECT

Glenn Jenkins () and Tumani Dembajang
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Tumani Dembajang: Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

No 2005-02, Development Discussion Papers from JDI Executive Programs

Abstract: This paper reports on an integrated investment appraisal of a Pan African Development rural satellite projects. The project's main aim is to provide telecommunication services in rural areas of Africa on a large scale at very low costs by using appropriate technology. The objective is to complement the existing terrestrial fixed and mobile networks by providing satellite services to areas which cannot be served economically by terrestrial infrastructure. The project is expected to enhance inter-urban links within the borders of each African country and provide direct links between all African countries without exception. With the implementation of this project, the continent is expected to realize substantial savings of fees currently being paid out as transit charges for intra-African traffic. Another feature of the proposed satellite project is to facilitate television broadcasting, internet and other value-added services for telecoms, internet service providers, TV broadcasters and data content providers.

Keywords: Rural Telecommunication; telecommunication services; African telecommunication; Rascom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 55 pages
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