Côte d’Ivoire is undergoing a digital transformation, rapidly expanding internet infrastructure and connectivity across the country trade.gov. Fueled by government ambition to become a West African digital hub trade.gov, investments in fiber-optic networks, mobile broadband, and even satellite internet are reshaping how Ivorians access the online world. Internet usage has grown from only a fraction…
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In the race for high-speed internet, satellite and fiber-optic broadband represent two very different approaches. Fiber-optic (terrestrial broadband) is often considered the gold standard – delivering data at nearly the speed of light through glass cables buried underground or strung on poles mcsnet.ca. Satellite internet, by contrast, beams data to orbiting satellites and back to…
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Ethiopia is undergoing a quiet internet revolution – transforming from one of the world’s least connected countries into a burgeoning digital hub. In a nation of over 120 million people, internet access was once a rarity, hampered by limited infrastructure and a state telecom monopoly. Today, dramatic changes are afoot: new fiber-optic backbones span the country,…
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