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How Guinea Is Quietly Getting Online: The Untold Story of Internet Access and Satellite Expansion

How Guinea Is Quietly Getting Online: The Untold Story of Internet Access and Satellite Expansion

As of early 2023, Guinea had 13.46 million active cellular connections, covering about 96% of the population. Orange Guinée held 75% of the mobile market in 2024, while MTN Guinea exited in December, with Telecel set to acquire its 2.8 million users. Fewer than 900 fixed broadband subscribers were recorded in 2022. Starlink was not officially available as of mid-2025, with the regulator warning against unauthorized use.
24 August 2025
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The Gambia’s Internet Revolution: How Fiber, 5G, and Satellite Broadband Are Connecting a Nation

The Gambia’s Internet Revolution: How Fiber, 5G, and Satellite Broadband Are Connecting a Nation

A 2022 outage of the ACE submarine cable left The Gambia offline for over eight hours, exposing risks from reliance on a single link. QCell launched 5G in June 2023, followed by Africell in early 2024, but coverage remains limited to urban Greater Banjul. Internet penetration dropped from 54.2% in early 2024 to about 45–46% by early 2025. As of May 2025, Starlink remained unlicensed in the country.
20 August 2025
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From Sand to Signal: The Shocking Reality of Internet Access in the Sahara

From Sand to Signal: The Shocking Reality of Internet Access in the Sahara

Chad’s 559 km Trans-Saharan fiber link toward Niger is set for completion by late 2024, aiming to connect inland towns to submarine cable gateways. Starlink service in Chad is expected by March 2025, following its November 2024 license, with test speeds up to 150 Mbps. Only about 10–12% of Chadians have electricity at home. Data costs remain high, with 1.5 GB plans around $8.
18 August 2025
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Why Luxembourg’s Internet Is Speeding Ahead—But Can It Reach the Stars?

Why Luxembourg’s Internet Is Speeding Ahead—But Can It Reach the Stars?

As of 2024, 94.7% of Luxembourg households have access to very high capacity networks, with coverage set to reach 95.2% in 2025. Fiber-to-the-premises covers about 80% of homes, while cable broadband reaches 90%. 5G covers 99.6% of the population. Starlink and SES satellite services are available, and the government is targeting universal gigabit access by phasing out copper lines and mapping underserved sites.
26 June 2025
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The Digital Desert Awakens: Inside Tunisia’s Expanding Internet Frontier

The Digital Desert Awakens: Inside Tunisia’s Expanding Internet Frontier

As of early 2024, Tunisia had 9.96 million internet users and 16.73 million active mobile connections, exceeding the population. Mobile coverage reached 99.9%, with 4G available to 94.9%. Commercial 5G service launched in February 2025 after initial licenses in November 2024. Tunisie Telecom’s fiber backbone spans 50,000 km, with recent projects connecting thousands of homes.
24 June 2025
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Benin’s Internet Revolution: How a Small Nation Is Bridging the Digital Divide with Fiber and Starlink

Benin’s Internet Revolution: How a Small Nation Is Bridging the Digital Divide with Fiber and Starlink

Benin completed a 2,000 km national fiber optic backbone by mid-2021 and plans to extend it to 3,300 km by 2025. Mobile networks cover over 90% of the population with 4G LTE, but fewer than 1% have 5G. Celtiis, launched in 2022, reached 10.6% market share by early 2024. Starlink began service in late 2023, quickly drawing about 1% of internet traffic.
1 June 2025
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  • Iran's Stock Market Resumes Trading After 80-Day Halt
    May 19, 2026, 3:10 AM EDT. Iran's stock market resumed trading after an 80-day suspension, marking a significant return amid ongoing economic pressures. The pause, aimed at stabilizing volatile trading and protecting investor interests, stopped market activities since mid-January. Analysts will watch closely to assess the resumption's impact on Iran's equities and investor confidence. The move is seen as a step toward normalizing financial markets in Iran despite international sanctions and domestic challenges.

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Nasdaq gives up after-hours gains as oil and yields weigh on Wall Street rally

Nasdaq gives up after-hours gains as oil and yields weigh on Wall Street rally

19 May 2026
Dominion Energy shares jumped 9.4% after agreeing to an all-stock merger with NextEra Energy, whose shares fell 4.6%. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% and the Nasdaq dropped 0.5% as investors sold technology stocks amid rising Treasury yields and oil prices. Nvidia fell 1.4% ahead of earnings. U.S. crude settled at $107.37, and the 10-year Treasury yield reached 4.59%.
XP Shares Slip Post-Q1, Buyback Fails to Sway Investors

XP Shares Slip Post-Q1, Buyback Fails to Sway Investors

19 May 2026
XP Inc.’s U.S.-listed shares fell 3.78% in after-hours trading Monday after reporting higher Q1 profit but weaker net inflows and a lower retail take rate. Net income rose 7% to 1.32 billion reais, but net inflow dropped to 14 billion reais from 24 billion a year earlier. The company declared a $0.20 dividend and announced a new CFO, Gustavo Alejo Viviani, starting August 3.
LiveRamp Rallies 27% After Publicis $2.5 Billion Cash Bid

LiveRamp Rallies 27% After Publicis $2.5 Billion Cash Bid

19 May 2026
Publicis Groupe agreed to buy LiveRamp Holdings for $38.50 a share in cash, valuing the U.S. data-collaboration firm at $2.546 billion. LiveRamp stock jumped to $37.77 on the news, while the broader market fell. LiveRamp reported fiscal Q4 revenue of $206 million, up 9% from a year earlier. Publicis said the deal will boost its adjusted earnings per share from the first year after closing.

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Vertiv shares slide ahead of AI data center update

Vertiv shares slide ahead of AI data center update

18 May 2026
Vertiv Holdings shares dropped 8.5% to $339.41 on Monday, erasing over $12 billion in market value ahead of a key investor conference. Trading volume reached about 7 million shares. The decline outpaced peers as U.S. tech stocks fell broadly. Vertiv urged shareholders to reject a mini-tender offer from Tutanota LLC for up to 500,000 shares.
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