Cameroon Eusage

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Cameroon E-usage

• The Challenge of Universal Access African
  Solutions for Africa
  
• Nairobi, Feb. 25, 2005
• By
• Olivier NANA NZEPA, Ph.D.
• Member of RIA Network
• Member of UN WGIG
• Professor/Consultant

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Structure of Presentation
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The Project

• A RIA Network survey of E-access and E-usage and
  their relationship with Telecommunications
  penetration rate in fifteen African countries,
  supported by IDRC
• WHY
• Decision makers in both national and
  international organisations need better
  understanding of the factors affecting
  penetration rate, and how they are affected by
  policy and the resulting market structure

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Methodology

• The survey strategy was pragmatic rather than
  exhaustive. Households clusters were selected
  based on the census data, aiming to answer the
  minimum number of questions needed to derive
  simple yet reliable indexes of households E-usage
  patterns which would allow countries to be
  compared and ranked
• Due to the fact that the last census in Cameroon
  dates back to year 1987, the country data
  couldnt be weighted and thus compared with the
  other countries of the survey.

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Key Findings

• Market structure partially opened...
• Penetration gap between Metro and rural areas
• Clear cut between telecom rich and telecoms
  poor
  
• Absence of clear vision and subsequent policy
• Existence of many opportunities

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Cameroon ICTs Profile

• ICTTelecom revenue 2003 (M US) 275.1
• Revenue CAGR (1998-2003)6
• Rural telecom revenue potential 2003 (M US)
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• Fixed CAGR (1999-2003) 2.34
• Main lines 2003 95,155
• residential lines 2003 87
• Main line per 100 people 0.67
• Residential main line per 100 households
  3.1
  
• Digital 2003 68
• Public phones 2003 6,550
• Estimated Rural fixed line 2003
  9,880
  
• Urban-Rural telecom disparity 2003
  9.3
  
• Waiting list as of fixed lines 2003
  49.3
  
• Telecom revenue as of GDP 2003 0.7
• Connection charge (US residential 2003)
  63.00

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Cameroon ICTs Profile contd

• Residential line rental (US) 2003 4.50
• Basket of fixed line costs 76.50
• Basket of cost as of per capita income 11.5
• Mobile subscribers (2003) 1.000,000
• Mobile subscribers per 100 people (2003) 6.73
• Mobile as of total subscribers 2003 80.3
• Mobile CAGR (1999-2003) 272.5
• Number of ISPs 2002 40
• ISP charge (US) 2003 30hrs/month 77.20
• Monthly cost of 64 kbs data channel 588.00
• Internet users 2003 45,000
• Cities with local dialup IP POPs 2001 2
• International Internet bandwidth 9,000kbps
• PCs 2003 100,000
• TVs 2003 650,000
• Cybercafe / telecentres 400

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Market structure
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Market shares
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Gross revenue curve
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Missing links
Vision
Policy
Strategies
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Paradigm shift seeds of changes
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Opportunities
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Opportunities, contd
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Challenges

• Adopt an E-Access national policy
• Shift from Yes/No politics
• Bottom up approach in policy formulation
• Advocate self development

Policy

• Legal framework
• Incencitive
• opulation (pour un taux de pénétration de 10)

Institutional arrangements
In order to transform opportunities into assets,
some vigourous decisions should be made
leadership at the highest level, vision,
participatory approach and bottom up driven
expression of needs.
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Thanks for your kind attention