03 August 2023

Guinée Télécom will provide free internet connectivity to Guinean students in a few months, according to Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, minister of posts, telecommunications and the digital economy.

This project is funded by the Telecommunications and Digital Universal Service Agency (ANSUTEN). It should cover all public higher education institutions and some of the private ones.

“At the beginning of this project, we made calculations and we estimated that it should cost 10,000 francs ($1.16) per student per month. But the president of the transition felt that it should not cost students to connect to the Internet, to have access to knowledge. And, he took responsibility for paying for the connection for all the students and all the universities,” said Diallo.

Guinea Telecom is preparing to launch its commercial activities in Guinea by 2024.

This project highlights the strategic challenge that Guinea Telecom represents for the government, which sees in society a hope for Guinea to recover its digital sovereignty. In particular, the public company should accelerate digital transformation and strengthen competition in the national telecom market.