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Significant changes related to technological advances and the gradual liberalisation of the market have marked the telecommunications sector in Gabon over the past 5 years.
In 2009, President Ali Bongo Ondimba's Project for society, through the pillar constituted by the "Gabon of value-added services", has highlighted Gabon’s potentialities in terms of ICT: the digital economy is underway.
Through its developments and large-scale projects, Gabon is a figurehead in the African sub-region in terms of new technologies.
The sector displays all the potential for swift development and a source of economic growth.
A few figures
In 2008 for 1,000 inhabitants:
- 17 land lines
- 59 Internet users
- 308 television sets
Source :
statistiques-mondiales.com
Since May 2002, Libreville has been connected to the SAT3 submarine cable (optical fibres), linking Africa to Europe.
In 2008, 39.5% of the population was equipped with a mobile telephone and connected to a GSM network, representing 1.3 million subscribers.
The NICT presented a penetration rate of 44.37% in 2008. The market for new technologies remains to be conquered.
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