Mobile telephony in Ivory Coast: 8 billion FCFA registered daily

Mobile telephony in Ivory Coast is in full progress and in spite of the various crises experienced by the country, this sector continues growing.

Tuesday, 13^th May in Abidjan, the Ivorian minister of Post offices, Information and Communication Technologies, Bruno Nabagné Koné (photo) declared that « more than 8 billion FCFA are daily registered in financial transactions in Ivory Coast« .

It was during the opening ceremony of a stock-exchange information department called « Infos BRVM » (regional stock exchange of securities).

« That concerns only five million mobile money subscribers« , specified Mr. Koné, Government Spokesman.

According to the statistics from the Telecommunication Regulation Authority (ARTCI) on 31^st December 2014, Ivory Coast registered more than 22 million subscribers for a penetration rate of 97.50 %.

Note that six (06) operators are sharing the Ivorian market. The development of the mobile telephony sector is due to a real will of the Ivorian government to join the ICTS trend and be more flexible as for the future economic stakes; this, by being equipped with modern telecommunication structures.

Original text by:Blaise AKAME

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