Africa Harnessing a Broadband Boom
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Africa encompasses 53 countries with almost 1 billion people on a vast continent of 30 million square kilometers. In the last decade, Africa experienced a mobile telephone revolution. The continent “leapfrogged” fixed-line telephone systems with mobile telephony and is on the cusp of a broadband boom. As undersea cables are lit and terrestrial fiber networks expand, Africa is poised to experience an exponential increase in online capacity. The deployment of wireless technologies and an effective regulatory environment can harness the broadband boom for economic growth including employment diversification, cross-border trade, and more substantial engagement in the global services economy.
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