Africa intensifying efforts to improve ICT regulation - report

Its latest 'Telecommunications Regulatory Trends across Africa' report had revealed that there have been varying outcomes to improving ICT regulation in terms of attracting investments and increasing penetration rates of ICT services.

The authors of the report, Selvie Naicker and Fezekile Mashinini, pointed out that the market-based approach to regulation adopted by some countries was gaining momentum with an increased number of countries moving towards further liberalisation of the sector.