Sierratel Management Contract
Sector: Broadband • Location: Sierra Leone
Source: World Bank Group
July 2012, Sierra Leone’s National Commission for Privatisation signed a three-year management contract with Management and Development International Co. (MDIC) of Beirut to run the state-owned telecommunications company, Sierratel.
Sierratel has a monopoly over landlines in the West African nation but the market is severely underdeveloped, with a household penetration of only around 2%. Sierrate
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Broadband, Manufacturing (Industrial), Telecommunications, Government
- Location
- Sierra Leone
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- World Bank Group
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Description | July 2012, Sierra Leone’s National Commission for Privatisation signed a three-year management contract with Management and Development International Co. (MDIC) of Beirut to run the state-owned telecommunications company, Sierratel. Sierratel has a monopoly over landlines in the West African nation but the market is severely underdeveloped, with a household penetration of only around 2%. Sierratel also provides mobile-phone and internet services but it is struggling to compete with the three main players, Africell, Airtel and Comium. Sierra Leone was a growth market. By 2012, mobile cellular subscriptions had grown to 2.21 million or 36.97 per 100 inhabitants. Next door in Liberia, a country with lower per capita GDP and higher poverty levels, there were 58.39 mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in 2012. Financial details of the arrangement were not publicly available. |
Original sector | Information and communication technology (ICT) |
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Country | Sierra Leone |
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Source | World Bank Group |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Broadband, Manufacturing (Industrial), Telecommunications, Government |
Article published date | 2024-09-21 |
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