Guinea’s NICI plan development process commenced in 2000. A NICI plan – Plan de développement de l’infrastructure nationale d’information et de communication de la République de Guinée 2001 – 2004 – was finalized in 2001 and officially published in March 2002. A national commission comprising five members from the Finance, Planning and Communication ministries is coordinating the NICI activity.

Through its NICI development process, Guinea expects to achieve a sustainable economic growth and creation of jobs through the use of ICTs. The plan focuses on the following sectors:

• Strengthening the ICT policy and regulatory process

• Education and capacity building in ICT development and usage

• Infrastructure development to provide the country and users with adequate bandwidth and applications

• Development of content and democratization of access to all users, including civil society

• Promotion of the participation of the private sector in ICT activities

The NICI plan includes the following programmes:

• Creation of an Intranet for the Ministry of Finance

• Promotion of ICT at the Ministry of Information and Communication

• Strengthening and expanding of telecom, Internet and TV infrastructure

• Digitization of the telecom network

• Expanding rural telephony and community telecentres

• Telephone and Internet network for higher education institutions

• Creation of an Intranet in the Ministry of Territorial Administration, Security and Decentralization

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