The Ivorian and Ghanaian Telecommunications Regulators, the ministries of the sector of the two countries, respectively represented by Mr. Jean-Martial Adou, Chief of Staff of the Minister of Communication and the Digital Economy, and Kwame Baah Acheamfour, Advisor to the Minister of Communication and Digital of Ghana, in the presence of Telecommunications Regulators and operators of the two (2) countries, the ECOWAS Commission and the Association of Telecommunications Regulators of West Africa (ARTAO), have proceeded to the official launch of roaming services between the two (2) countries, according to Community provisions, on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Abidjan-Ivory Coast, according to Community provisions, on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Abidjan-Ivory Coast.

This ceremony follows the signing, on February 22, 2023 in Accra (Ghana), of a Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of Regulation n° C/REG.21/12/17 relating to roaming on public mobile communications networks in the ECOWAS area, between the Telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Authority of Côte d’Ivoire (ARTCI), the National Communications Authority of Ghana (National Communications Authority – NCA) and telecommunications / ICT operators of the two (2) countries.

The implementation of community roaming will now allow any Ghanaian subscriber traveling to Côte d’Ivoire and vice versa for any Ivorian in Ghana, to continue to use his phone number and benefit from affordable tariff conditions for his communications, including free reception of calls in a roaming situation.

This initiative between the two (2) countries also translates into significant reductions in voice, SMS and Internet communications prices of up to 90% for the benefit of Ivorian subscribers, traveling to Ghana.
ARTCI, which ensures the operational coordination of implementation work at the regional level, intends to continue this bilateral cooperation approach and extend it to all Member States.