The delegates, representatives of the member nations of the Francophone Community for the Regulation of Telecommunications (FRATEL) in addition to their companions separated on Wednesday in Lomé after two days of intense work included in this system of the twenty first seminar of the Francophone Community for the Regulation of Telecommunications ( FRATEL ).
On the finish of the work, the completely different stakeholders current took turns to precise their satisfaction with the outcomes of the Lomé conferences which have digital and digitization professionals nicely geared up by way of information administration, particularly by way of storing this information.
“In the course of the two days of intensive actions, we have been capable of observe top quality displays by specialists who’ve an ideal command of the themes. And that is the place for me to thank the FrateL coordinating committee and the manager secretary of the group and the wonderful solid of specialists who participated within the three spherical tables. I stay satisfied of the wealth of classes which have emerged from this work and I invite you to pursue additional reflections on the information economic system and cellular funds. Relating to the interoperability of cellular funds, we are going to notice that their implementation can be efficient in the course of the yr 2024 as dedicated by the BCEAO,” stated Michel Galley (director normal of ARCEP-Togo).
Digital cash, which is booming on the continent, was additionally on the coronary heart of the work with the goal of offering an more and more environment friendly and user-friendly service to subscribers of various cell phone operators.
“We mentioned the highly effective issues, issues of at this time and tomorrow by means of information administration, the information we implement, the information we depart behind. And as regulators, we now have the function of defending person information, but additionally how this information have to be used as a way to be valued inside the framework of our personal improvement and inside our nations,” stated the president of the FrateL, Louis Marc Sakala.
“We mentioned a observe that may be very current in Africa and that’s cellular cash, digital cash. We’d like interoperability, that an individual can recharge their cellular cash account by means of their checking account, a buyer of operator X can withdraw cash from operator Y, all simply for the person to have the ability to work together with digital cash. A number of routes have been talked about, and now the work begins for the regulators,” he added.
Keep in mind that FRATEL was launched in 2002 in Paris and was formally created on October 28, 2003 in Bamako, Mali with the mission of enabling the completely different regulatory authorities to extend their expertise and grasp the challenges of the sector by means of conferences to share experiences and greatest practices. FIN
Chrystelle MENSAH
