Niger has taken a major step forward in improving the countrys broadband connectivity and regional digital integration by completing provisional acceptance of the fibre-optic sections built under the Trans-Sahara Optical Fibre Backbone Project TSB - a project financed by the African Development Bank Group.
On 14 November, an official ceremony was held in Niamey in the presence of the Minister of Communication and New Information Technologies, Adji Ali Salatou the Head of the African Development Bank Groups Country Office in Niger, Mamadou Tangara the TSB Project Coordinator, Abdoulkarim Soumaila the Managing Director of Niger Telecoms, Idrissa Djibo Maiga, and the companies and all the players involved in carrying out the work.
The cost of the project is estimated at 43 million, with financing from the African Development Fund, the Bank Groups concessional window, and a national counterpart.
