The ARPT Releases Its Strategic Development Plan For The Post And Telecommunications Sector For The Period 2023-2025

By Cyber Era NG Special Correspondent

In the presence of members of the Government, actors of the postal and telecommunications sector and the media, the ARPT unveiled its strategic plan for the period 2023-2025, this Friday, December 16, 2022 at the Palm Camayenne Hotel.

The objective of this meeting was to share the vision of the General Management by 2025 “To be a Reference of Governance and Regulation”, its missions, its values and its projects for the development of the postal and telecommunications sector.

In his welcome speech, the Director-General of ARPT,  Sekou Oumar Barry thanked all the actors of the regulated sector, consumer associations, international institutions, ARPT staff for their involvement in the process of developing the plan. He returned to the prospects of the ARPT in the short, medium and long term.

“The general management, under the impetus of the new authorities, wants to make this organization an important lever for the Guinean economy, ”  stated Sekou Oumar Barry.

Established for the first time since the creation of ARPT, this strategic development plan will serve as the main reference and roadmap for both annual planning needs and the performance evaluation of management teams.

Four axes are to be retained from the strategic plan:

• Governance;
• Regulation and regulation;
• Protection of consumers and citizens;
• Innovation.

This meeting was followed by the presentation of the very positive assessment of the last twelve months at the head of ARPT. These exchanges made it possible to highlight the major advances in the digital fields in Guinea.

Vast reform projects have been initiated since the arrival of the CNRD, going in the direction of the development of the postal and telecommunications sector, and the strengthening of institutional governance, namely:

• Improvement of institutional management,
• The adoption of regulatory decisions to strengthen its missions;
• The adoption of regulatory tools;
• Strengthening cooperation;
• Improving employees’ working conditions.