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Africa: Massive New Cable Around Continent to Connect 16 African Nations
Balancing Act, 22 May 2020
In July last year Google initiated the Equiano cable. The announcement of the 2Africa cable which involves Facebook completes the second generation cable build announcements.… Read more »
Massive New Broadband Cable to Connect 16 African Nations
A 37,000-kilometre-long submarine broadband cable is to be built around Africa and the Middle East. The 16 African countries to be connected are Congo-Brazzaville, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, DRC, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Somalia (landing at Mogadishu), Tanzania and South Africa.
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Tanzania: Mobile Broadband Adoption Ready to Boom in Sub-Saharan Africa
Daily News, 24 May 2020
INTERNET access is growing steadily throughout Africa, but there are still key barriers. Read more »
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Africa: Uneca Encourages Africa to Invest On Digital Transformation
Vanguard, 26 May 2020
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has encouraged African countries to make right investments toward developing a digitally transformed economy. Read more »
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Africa: Google and Facebook Get Into African Submarine Cables
Balancing Act, 5 July 2019
The first generation of African submarine cable building is over and with the announcement of Google and Facebook cables, the second generation of cable building begins. Russell… Read more »
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Increasing access to e-commerce would create jobs, and with COVID-19 impacting the world, people who are in lockdown or under self-quaratine, could access shopping through the ... Read more »
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According to a report by the World Bank, the continent requires an investment of U.S.$100 billion and about 1.1 billion more people online to achieve universal, affordable and ... Read more »
