Africa: Do the Right Thing - Two Key African Governments Make Clear Commitments to Liberalizing Their Telecoms Sectors

London — News in this week confirms that the tentative steps taken by Angola and Ethiopia to liberalize their telecoms sectors are now being turned into internationally recognized programmes of implementation. Russell Southwood looks at why things have changed.

In April this year I looked at the flawed bidding process for the fourth mobile license in Angola.

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