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Africa's Power Infrastructure :
 Investment, Integration, EfficiencyThis study is a product of the Africa
 Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed
 to expand the world's knowledge of physical
 infrastructure in Africa. The AICD provides a baseline
 against which future improvements in infrastructure services
 can be measured, making it possible to monitor the results
 achieved from donor support. It also offers a more solid
 empirical foundation for prioritizing investments and
 designing policy reforms in the infrastructure sectors in
 Africa. The book draws upon a number of background papers
 that were prepared by World Bank staff and consultants,
 under the auspices of the AICD. The main findings were
 synthesized in a flagship report titled Africa's
 infrastructure: A time for transformation, published in
 November 2009. Meant for policy makers, that report
 necessarily focused on the high-level conclusions. It
 attracted widespread media coverage feeding directly into
 discussions at the 2009 African union commission heads of
 state summit on infrastructure.
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Africa's ICT Infrastructure : Building on the Mobile RevolutionInformation and communication technologies (ICTs) have been a remarkable success in Africa. Across the continent, the availability and quality of service have gone up and the cost has gone down. In just 10 years dating from the end of the 1990s mobile network coverage rose from 16 percent to 90 percent of the urban population; by 2009, rural coverage stood at just under 50 percent of the population. Although the performance of Africa's mobile networks over the past decade has been remarkable, the telecommunications sector in the rest of the world has also evolved rapidly. Many countries now regard broadband Internet as central to their long-term economic development strategies, and many companies realize that the use of ICT is the key to maintaining profitability. This book is about that challenge and others. Chapters two and three describe the recent history of the telecommunications market in Africa; they cover such issues as prices, access, the performance of the networks, and the regulatory reforms that have triggered much of the investment. This part of the book compares network performance across the region and tries to explain why some countries have moved so much more quickly than others in providing affordable telecommunications services. Chapter four explores the financial side of the telecommunications revolution in Africa and details how the massive investments have been financed and which companies have most influenced the sector. Chapter five deals with the future of the sector. The final chapter synthesizes the main chapters of the book and presents policy recommendations intended to drive the sector forward.
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Africa's Power Infrastructure : Investment, Integration, EfficiencyThis study is a product of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed to expand the world's knowledge of physical infrastructure in Africa. The AICD provides a baseline against which future improvements in infrastructure services can be measured, making it possible to monitor the results achieved from donor support. It also offers a more solid empirical foundation for prioritizing investments and designing policy reforms in the infrastructure sectors in Africa. The book draws upon a number of background papers that were prepared by World Bank staff and consultants, under the auspices of the AICD. The main findings were synthesized in a flagship report titled Africa's infrastructure: A time for transformation, published in November 2009. Meant for policy makers, that report necessarily focused on the high-level conclusions. It attracted widespread media coverage feeding directly into discussions at the 2009 African union commission heads of state summit on infrastructure.