African download speeds range widely but average 2.1 Mbps, according to data from over 300,000 bandwidth tests on SpeedTest.net. Upload speeds are half as fast.

Nine stories from West, East, South Africa on e-commerce, broadband deployment, ind. media, apps, foreign investment

Considering how networks are often compared to trees, it only makes sense to adapt an inspirational poem to the structure/tune “O Tannenbaum“. The possibilities are endless:
O ICT, O ICT,
How Africa adores you!
From local content in the south,
To mobile banking in the east.
O ICT, O ICT,
How Africa adores you!
O ICT, O …

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Remember back to the SEACOM and TEAMS landings. It important to draw a distinction between the “landing of the cable” and the completion of the project. The former refers to the mere physical completion of the cable between the two landing stations, while the latter refers to the actual ready-for-commercial-service …