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Kenya: Facebook Ready to Beam Free Internet to Remote Regions in Kenya
Nation, 6 October 2015
Facebook has begun taking steps to beam free high-speed internet to the remote parts of Kenya in a move likely to scare local telecommunications firms. Read more »
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Africa: Facebook, Eutelsat to Partner On Satellite Initiative to Get More Africans Online
CIO, 6 October 2015
Facebook has partnered with Eutelsat, to launch a new satellite that is going to provide internet coverage to large parts of Sub-Saharan Africa as part of its Internet.org… Read more »
Facebook Satellite Initiative Aims to Get More Africans Online
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that the social media giant will partner with Eutelsat on a project that will provide Internet coverage to large parts of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Zuckerberg has said that the AMOS-6 satellite will launch in 2016 into a geostationary orbit that will cover large parts of West, East and Southern Africa.
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Facebook has opened an office in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read more »
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A new initiative lauched by global ICT giants to broaden internet access by reducing costs and improving infrastructure lacks details on implementation writes SciDev.Net. Read more »
