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Africa’s Digital Backbone: Why Fibre And Subsea Cables Matter More Than Unicorn Valuations

Written by Ethel Cofie,  Everyone loves to talk about Africa’s next unicorn. The headlines are easy: billion-dollar fintechs, super-apps, AI startups promising to transform everything from health to payments. But beneath the hype lies a quieter truth; without fibre networks, subsea cables, and data centres, none of these digital miracles can exist. Infrastructure is the […]

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Africa Is Already Connected

Africa Is Already Connected Not By Facebook And Google

By Eric Osiakwan In the midst of the pandemic, Facebook (and partners) announced 2Africa a new subsea cable. About the same time last year, Google also announced a subsea cable called Equaino. Both cables have been presented as (better) connecting Africa to the world – that is factually inaccurate. The diagrams below by Steve Song […]

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