This new outlook on the part of African governments also represents an important change in attitude that power does not have to be produced by one huge government-owned entity. There is also increased interest in fee-based facilities. This includes toll roads, such as the Resano Garcia road between Mozambique and South Africa, toll bridges, and airports. Some governments, such as that of Cote d'Ivoire, have improved airport service by allowing private concessions to run the facilities. Privatization of airport operations in Libreville, Gabon, also led to increased efficiency.
Telecommunications is another area where privatization is moving ahead.
Because many African governments do not have the resources to properly expand and operate state telephone systems, they have turned to the private sector, which is putting in systems that use the most modern technology and cost less to install. More and more African governments are seeing that they can encourage development and get a return on their economic infrastructure through appropriate regulatory frameworks without having to be involved in all the details and using up scarce national budgetary resources. This goes hand in glove with privatization because stock markets provide a framework for governments to sell shares of state-owned companies to local investors. There have been advances in setting up a regional stock market in Abidjan that takes advantage of the West African countries' common CFA currency. Some smaller markets have achieved important successes, such as those in Nairobi and Kampala.