Gambia: Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia Ink Free Roaming Deal

Freetown, Sierra Leone — Liberia, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia have signed a landmark agreement to eliminate roaming charges between the three nations, enabling citizens to call, text, and use mobile data at local rates while traveling. While celebrated as a milestone in regional integration, questions loom about its feasibility and whether telecom operators will fully comply.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed in Freetown, aligns with ECOWAS’s broader agenda to reduce exorbitant…