Tariffs to go down as EASSY is delivered

Speaking during an ICT conference in Gaborone this week, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Mabua Mabua said after the system has been delivered, tariffs will go down and a further reduction will be expected when the West Africa Cable System is also delivered.

In 2008, government invested US$100 million in Africa's second biggest submarine cable project to bolster its plans to link with Europe via the east and west coasts of Africa.