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Seamless high-capacity connectivity ‘ring’ created between Africa and Europe (Press Release)
December 1, 2011 ♦ Broadband & Business
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Seamless high-capacity connectivity ‘ring’ created between Africa and Europe (Press Release)

Africa’s carriers’ carrier WIOCC has entered into a strategic partnership with Cable&Wireless Worldwide, a global mission critical communications provider, to improve the reliability, performance and reach of international connectivity in and out of Africa.

OA News: November 24 – December 1, 2011
December 1, 2011 ♦ News
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44 news stories of African mobile and Internet development for the last week in November 2011.

OA News: November 22-23, 2011
November 24, 2011 ♦ News
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Recent tech stories from Ghana, Djibouti, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and more.

Chart: African Internet penetration versus urban population (2010)
November 23, 2011 ♦ Statistics
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Chart: African Internet penetration versus urban population (2010)

The rural nature of Africa poses challenges for bringing the Internet outside of urban areas. We thought it would be interesting to compare estimated Internet penetration rates with how urbanized a given country claims to be.

Summary of ITU’s updated key telecom indicators (fixed, mobile broadband subscriptions)
November 22, 2011 ♦ Statistics
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On November 16, 2011, the ITU released updated key ICT indicators for their six defined global regions. The latest data includes projections for 2011. How do African (Sub-Saharan African) trends look based on a few years of data?

OA News: November 17-21, 2011
November 21, 2011 ♦ News
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African ICT News Roundup, November 17-21, 2011.