Our History
The East Africa Business Community Was the catalyst that kick-started the process leading to the chain of events that put EASSy in place
East African Business Summit of November 2002 produced what came to be known as a “ Business Manifesto.”
A Submarine cable on the Eastern Africa Seaboard was one of the “ Action Plans ” under the theme: “East Africa's future is digital” |
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Responsibility was assigned to operators in the region, to quote: “Operators who will initiate the project and form the lead consortium comprising Telkom Kenya, Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited, Uganda Telecom Limited, MTN Uganda, Zanzibar Telecommunications Limited - ZANTEL - the leading telecom service providers in the region. |
Two months later, in January 2003, Telkom Kenya hosted the first meeting in Nairobi Kenya to draft the initial plans and draw way forward.
Two further meetings later, in January 2004, the first Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) meeting was held in Gaborone , Botswana .
The developers of EASSy are licensed telecom operators with international gateway licenses to carry international traffic in countries of origin together with Developmental Financial Institutions. |
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EASSy Mission
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The level of international telephone traffic per main line in sub-Saharan Africa is the highest in any region in the world. This bears evidence that there is considerable demand in East Africa due to insufficient supply for telecommunications within the region. |
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EASSy Solution
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Given the current defficiencies in Africa Telecommunications, there
is a clear need for action. Fortunately, the confluence of a number of key developments of a number of key developments - political, economic and technlogical -render a complete, affordable solution available for the first time..
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