Project Details


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Rural Telephony Project


Description

The Rural Telephony Project is a turnkey, green-energy telecommunication solution for enabling voice and data communication services in unserved and sparsely-populated rural communities in Ghana. This provides a zero capital expenditure investment opportunity for Mobile Network Operators to expand their services to the remote rural poor.

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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure 2014
Millennium development goals related to this project
  • Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Coverage
  • Ghana

Status

Completed

Start date

01 March 2010

End date

31 December 2015


Entity name

Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications

Entity country—type

Ghana Government

Entity website

http://www.gifec.gov.gh

Partners

Ministry of Communications