Why should a country ratify/accede to the Kigali protocol?
• The NEPAD ICT Broadband Infrastructure Network is a NEPAD priority project and as such, has the support of African countries. • The Kigali Protocol is meant to protect African ICT markets by encouraging joint African ownership of the basic regional ICT infrastructure. • The Kigali Protocol removes regulatory barriers and permits the establishment of a regional broadband network that will benefit Authorised Service Providers in every country covered by the protocol, by offering the following benefits: • Transparent and non-discriminatory open-access to affordable bandwidth. • Connectivity to regional and international traffic destinations through one SPV. • Interconnection and settlement headaches will be greatly reduced by dealing with one SPV. • The Submarine SPV will lease bulk capacity from Baharicom at low prices the benefits of which will be passed on to Authorised Service Providers. • In the short and medium term Umojanet will be the only truly regional network on the continent
