Buuxi weedha soo socota: Sida laga soo xigtay Oba, xisbigiisu wuxuu ku bixiyay in ka badan hal bilyan oo CFA francs ololihiisa doorashada 2007. Kharashaadka badan ayaa ka careysiiyay dad badan, maadaama aysan caddahay halka ay lacagtu ka timid. Oba ayaa beeniyay wararka la isla dhex marayo ee sheegaya inuu lacag ka qaatay shirkada SOTELCO si uu ugu maalgeliyo ololaha xisbigiisa; isla mar ahaantaana, wuxuu sheegay in SOTELCO aysan wax deeq ah ka helin dowladda tan iyo dhamaadkii xilli ciyaareedkii.
1997 dagaalkii sokeeye, taasoo ka dhigaysa mid ka mid ah shanta shirkadood ee ugu waaweyn Congo-Brazzaville oo aan ka faa'iideysan kaalmo inta lagu jiray muddadaas. Wuxuu xusay in qeyb weyn oo ka mid ah awoodda farsamada ee shirkadda ay waxyeello soo gaartay intii lagu jiray dagaalka, wuxuuna sheegay in loo baahan yahay 22 bilyan oo CFA francs si loo dayactiro shabakadda isgaarsiinta ee Brazzaville, isagoo intaa ku daray in SOTELCO ay u baahan tahay inay horumariso adeegyada si ay u sii ahaato mid tartan leh marka la eego xorriyadda dhaqaalaha.