From a governmental point of view.

From a governmental point of view, information technology and mobile communications generally result under the same portfolio, if it be not that interest and investment in Africa have largely been focused concerning the latter, partly because of the ability of commands to generate income by selling operating licences.

The difference between investment evens in mobile communications and other information and communications technology (ICT) services is enormous. While companies like as French firm Geolink have invested in providing satellite coverage for a great deal of of the continent and investors like MSI have stocked African GSM networks, fewer firms have been prepared to invest heavily in online services