By SubTel Forum
On Friday afternoon, President Ernest Bai Koroma formally launched the $25 million West Africa Regional Communication Infrastructure Programme (WARCIP), (ACE Submarine Cable Project), at the Fibre Optic Landing Station along Lumley Beach, Aberdeen according to an Awoko article. Â The project will make communication cheaper and affordable for all, and hopefully, the cable will land on the 23 September and to be fully operational come July 2012.
Delivering his keynote address, President Koroma said on 5th June 2010, he authorized the Minister of Information and Communications to sign the construction and maintenance agreement on behalf of government and the people of Sierra Leone to reinstate our commitment to landing the fiber optic cable in Sierra Leone by 2012. He added that in order to fast-track the process, “I approached the World Bank to assist in providing the required funds to meet our financial obligations to the consortium for the signing of the financing agreement of the WARCIP with the International Development Associationâ€.