Botswana: Submarine cables and optic fibre improve communications

The Ministry of Communication Science and Technology is making progress in the improvement of telecommunications in Botswana, Itumeleng Batsalelwang, the ministrys chief communication officer, has said. Batsalelwang told BOPA that the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation has embarked on two fibre projects: the West Africa Fibre System and East Africa Submarine Cable System. He said the East Africa Submarine Cable System project was advanced in that Botswana has signed a memorandum of understanding with the consortium and the current issue was drafting of the construction and maintenance agreement.