Online Resources from African Telecommunications Regulators
A major difficulty for regulatory authorities across the African continent has been problems around attracting expertise to advise on the sector’s oversight. In the same vein, there are limited resources for collecting and maintaining statistics and indicators resulting in huge information asymmetries. This situation is gradually being addressed by the efforts of national regulatory authorities (NRAs), research networks such as Research ICT Africa (RIA!), and international organisations such as the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
The following table also includes country reports by ITU and prepared for the Telecommunications Regulators Association of Southern Africa (TRASA), in addition to resources available at the African national regulatory authorities’ websites. Other resources about the continent are listed after the table.
[Updated September 2008]
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Legislation, Communication, Annual Reports |
Statistical and other Reports
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| Angola Angolan Institute of Communications (INACOM) www.inacom.og.ao |
Lei Básica: Lei nº8/01 - Lei de Bases das Telecomunicações Regulamento de preços dos serviços públicos de Telecomunicações |
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| Botswana Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) http://www.bta.org.bw |
Previous Annual Report from 2002-2007 Botswana Telecommunications Policy (pdf, 128Kb) Botswana Telecommunications Act - 1996 (pdf, 63.8Kb) & Amedment - 2004 (doc, 44kb) Telecommunications regulation (pdf, 36.1Kb) |
New Licensing Framework - licensing framework in the era of convergence 2007 (pdf) |
| Burkina Faso Autorité Nationale de Régulation des Télécommunications (ARTEL) http://www.artel.bf/ |
Déclaration de Politique Sectorielle des Télécommunications (1999) Loi n°051/98/AN portant Réforme du Secteur des Télécommunications au Burkina Faso |
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| Cameroon
Agence de Regulation des Telecommunications (ART) http://www.art.cm |
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| Cote d´Ivoire Agence des Télécommunications de Côte d’Ivoire (AGCI) http://www.atci.ci/ |
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| Ethiopia Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) http://www.ethionet.et/ |
Company Profile 2006 (pdf) |
Internet from the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia Case Study (2002) (pdf, 610 kb, 49 pp.) Ethiopian Telecommunication Sector Performance Review (2004) by Lisham Adam (pdf, 461 kb, 57 pp.) |
| Gabon Agence de Régulation des télécommunications (ARTEL) http://www.artel.ga/ |
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| Ghana National Communications Authority http://www.nca.org.gh/index.asp |
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| Kenya Communications Commission of Kenya http://www.cck.go.ke/ |
Annual Reports 2006-2007 (pdf) Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf, 4803 kb, 32 pp.) The Kenya Communications Regulations, 2001 (pdf, 387 KB) |
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| Lesotho Lesotho Telecommunications Authority http://www.lta.org.ls/ |
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| Madagascar Office Malagasy d’Etudes et de Régulation des Télécommunications (OMERT) http://www.omert.mg/ |
Les données sur le secteur des Télécommunications à Madagascar |
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| Malawi Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) http://www.macra.org.mw/ |
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| Mauritania Autorité de Régulation http://www.are.mr/ |
Rapport d’activité de l’Autorité pour l’année 2006 (pdf)
Rapport d’activité de l’Autorité pour l’année 2005 (pdf) Rapport d’activité de l’Autorité pour l’année 2004 (pdf, 1888 kb, 80 pp.) Loi N° 2001-18 Portant Sur L’autorite de Regulation Multisectorielle (pdf) |
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| Mauritius Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) http://www.icta.mu/ |
Telecommunication Order 1 of 2006, 12 January 2006 (pdf) Information and Communication Technologies Act 2001 (pdf) & Amendment 2002 (pdf) |
The Fifth Pillar: Republic of Mauritius ICT Case Study (2004) - ITU (pdf, 3709 kb, 60 pp.) Analysis of Contributions on the “Implementation of the Universal Service for ICTs in Mauritius” (pdf) Determination of a Basket of Services to be regulated in the Mauritian ICT Market (pdf) |
| Mozambique Instituto Nacional das Comunicaçaes de Moçambique (INCM) http://www.incm.gov.mz/ |
Relatório e Contas 2007 (pdf) Relatório e Contas 2005 (pdf) |
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| Namibia Namibian Communications Commission (NCC) www.ncc.org.na |
Public comment from interested stakeholders in the ICT Policy development process (pdf)
IT Policy (pdf) Telecommunication Policy (pdf) |
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| Nigeria
Nigerian Communications Commission www.ncc.gov.ng |
Trends in Telecommunications Market in Nigeria 2003-2004 (pdf) |
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| Senegal Agence de Régulation des télécommunications (ART) http://www.artp-senegal.org/ |
Loi N°2002-23 Portant Cadre de Regulation pour les Entreprises Concessionnaires de Services Publics |
Rapport sur le marché des télécommunications en 2006 (pdf) |
| South Africa Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) www.icasa.org.za |
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| Swaziland
Posts and Telecommunications Corporation http://www.sptc.co.sz/ |
Swaziland Post and Telecommunications Corp.Annual report 2004-2005 (pdf) | |
| Sudan
National Telecommunications Corporation (NTC) http://www.ntc.org.sd |
Telecom Act 2001 (pdf) |
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| Tanzania
Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) www.tcra.go.tz |
National ICT Policy of 2003 (pdf) Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority Act of 2003 (pdf) |
Trends of Telephone Subscribers in Tanzania 1995 - June 2007 |
| Togo
Autorite de Reglementation des Secteurs de Postes et Telecommunications (ART&P www.artp.tg |
Rapports annuels 2002 - 2006 |
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| Uganda Uganda Communications Commission www.ucc.co.ug |
A Review of The Postal and Telecommunications Sector June 06- June 07 (pdf, 34 pp.) |
Uganda Digital Plan 2006 (pdf) The Internet in a African LDC: Uganda Case Study (2001) - ITU (pdf, 4010 kb, 56 pp.) Proposed Review of the Telecommunications Sector Policy (2004) (doc, 1460 kb, 61 pp.) |
| Zambia
Communications Authority (CAZ) Regulator www.caz. zm/ |
National ICT Policy - Launched 28th March 2007 (pdf) Telecommunications Act (pdf) |
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| Zimbabwe Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) http://www.potraz.gov.zw/ |
Additional Resources:
Towards An African e-Index: SME e-Access and Usage in 14 African Countries (2006)
Recommendations on the Proposed Review of the Telecommunications Sector Policy, Uganda (2005)
VSAT Case Studies (Nigeria, Algeria and Tanzania) (2004)
ICT Sector Performance in Africa: A Review of Seven African Countries (2004)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Implementation of the Istanbul action plan (2002-2005) (Including activity report 2004-2005)
Final Report of the 8th Forum on Telecommunications /ICT Regulation in Africa (FTRA-2007) (French only)
World Bank Africa Development Indicators 2006
Completing the Revolution the Challenge of Rural Telephony in Africa (2004) (pdf, 965 kb, 44 pp.)
Assessing consumer activity in the telecoms and Internet sectors in Africa (2005) (doc, 578 kb, 109 pp.)
Global Telecom Research
Telecommunications market research reports on selected country or regional overview (Africa overview).
Réseau francophone de la régulation des télécommunications
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
African Telecommunicatioins Union (ATU)
Communications Regulators Association of Southern Africa (CRASA)
West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA)


