Three massive World Bank projects (in multiple phases) are helping bring affordable broadband connectivity to underserved parts of Africa.

Seacom’s exhibition of “true broadband” speeds at the recent Sandton exhibition highlights an often overlooked issue with African Internet connectivity: it doesn’t matter how many people have access to the Internet if the connection is too slow. The text- and image-based Internet is a relic of last decade, although breaking …

The above chart is based on data from the year 2000 as listed under the African country profiles on Balancing Act Africa. Data points represent the lowest documented cost for monthly dial-up access, in USD. It must be noted that, in addition to a standard monthly fee, most providers charged …