Rural Connectivity Project for Africa

The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO)is to embark on a project for African rural inclusion known as Commonwealth African Rural Connectivity Initiative (COMARCI).The chief executive of the CTO, Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah said the project has been structured to promote faster telephone and internet connectivity for rural communities in the 18 Commonwealth African countries.Spio-Garbrah said, COMARCI that was launched as a sideline event at the recent Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kampala, would cost about £1.2 million (about N295,966,12 million) with a £50,000 seed funding from the government of Malta through the Commonwealth Connects programme.
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