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(Agence Ecofin) – Senegal has decided to update its Universal Telecommunication Service Development Fund (Fdsut). He entrusted the project to the consortium Challenges and Strategies / Titanium Conseil which presented to the actors of the telecom sector, its final report on July 13, 2018. The study, which examines the technical, economic, legal and institutional aspects of the Fdsut, will allow According to Aly Coto Ndiaye (photo), the director of the Fund, reviewing its current limits, taking into account changing needs and technologies for a better quality of service, give it more weight by clearly defining its vision and overall strategy.
Today, the Fdsut faces various constraints, according to the consortium Challenges and Strategies / Titanium Council. There is "a need to review the draft of the Telecommunications Code and the draft decree establishing the Fdsut and to choose a clear operational option (…) How to understand that the resources for this Fund are collected by the Treasury while in the Telecoms Code, this mission is devolved to Artp who is responsible for this mission ", interviewed Katia Duhamel, member of the consortium Challenges and Strategies / Titanium Consulting. Even the money that was due back to the fund in 2017 was not returned to him.
Refreshing the Fdsut, the Minister of Communication, Telecommunications, Posts and the Digital Economy, Abdoulaye Baldé, explained that it is the best way to quickly and efficiently improve people's access to services quality telecoms. He said that once the Fdsut is redeveloped, it will contribute to the success of the digital inclusion policy of the Senegal Digital Strategy 2025.
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