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Vodafone’s recent policy report, “Making broadband accessible to all,” gathered expert opinion on what is shaping broadband policy in developing nations.

Nearly 12 years ago, Global Crossing announced plans to build a 39,000km, $1.6 billion fibre-optic cable around Africa. The project was slated to be completed in three years.

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Nii Quaynor, an Internet pioneer of Ghana, adhered to nationalistic bandwidth practices: 1) increase rates for Ghanaians who access international sites and 2) consider having affluent countries support high African access costs.

Will streaming video become as popular in Africa as it is in North America?
Sandvine’s Global Internet Phenomena Report: Spring 2011, reveals that over both a 24-hour and peak periods, more North American fixed-access bandwidth is used to stream Netflix video than is devoted to any other form of data usage. …