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Côte d'Ivoire

The liberalisation of value-added services in Côte d'Ivoire has led to the establishment of full Internet Service Providers in the Country. Currently, six ISPs are operational in Côte d'Ivoire with AfricaOnline being the first full Internet provider and the largest in the country.

The other ISPs are Acces Telecom (Globe Access) which is a joint venture with a French company Omnes; Netafric; Comafric (Comett); AfNet and CI-Telecom (Aviso).

The national telecom, CI-Telecom, received support from USAID's Leland Initiative to establish a national and international Internet hub and start its own Internet services.

The Centre Syfed of AUPELF/UREF provides free of charge Internet services to non-profit organisation.

Average Internet Tariffs in Côte d'Ivoire (where US$ 1 = F CFA 644.55 as of January 1999)

Monthly dial-up subscription	F CFA 30,000 to 50,000
Leased line - 64 Kbps	F CFA 320,000
Leased line - 256 Kbps	F CFA 980,000
Leased line - 512 Kbps	F CFA 1,350,000
Plus TOT of 11.11%

Source: Centre Informatique Regional de Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

Internet host sites: 594 (2000)

Internet subscribers (1999):

• Total: 4,500
• Subscribers per 10,000 inhabitants: 3.09

Internet Users (1999):

• Total: 20,000
• Users per 10,000 inhabitants: 13.77

Internet use by categories:

• Commercial:
• Academic:
• Research:
• NGO/UN/International:
• Government:
• Others:

Internet bandwidth (Kbps): 384

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