Furthermore, the lack of the proper infrastructure is an obstacle to IT development. Besides the capital city, phone lines used mostly used to connect to the Internet are inexistant in almost all other regions. Guinea also lacks the capital funds required for IT development. Even it it wanted to, the country does not have the financial ressources needed to improve its infrastructure. The country will have to rely on foreing direct investment to provide the needed funds, therefore the need for privatization and deregulation.
Guinea is one the few African countries with the proper regulations and policies.
As a matter of fact, unlike many African countries, Guinea has allowed a foregin company to control more than half of the country's telecommunications. A second advntage for Guinea is also its political stability which is a big plus in a continent where alomost every other country has some kind of political problems. Another strenght worth mentioning is also the cheap and abundant labor despite the lack of skilled technicians. As Telecom Malyasia has demonstrated, it might be worth it for foreign companies to train the local labor. Another strengh also worth mentioning is the fact that the demand for IT technologies in extremely huge.