Existing rural telecommunications systems in Africa

Abstract

One basic seminar and one follow-up seminar were held in. 1984 in Addis Ababa and 1987 in Harare respectively, for senior planners and economists from English-speaking African countries- Two seminars of the same profile were organized for French-speaking and Lusophone countries 1985 in Lome and 1988 in Yaoundé. The follow-up seminars were based on case studies and showed, concrete planning strategies including technical and economic aspects, the preparation of projects and their presentation in bankable format. The seminars were well accepted by the participants and especially their practical orientation was highly appreciated.