Burundi, a small landlocked nation in East Africa, faces a digital connectivity crisis. Despite modest improvements in recent years, it remains one of the world’s least-connected countries, with only about 11–12% of Burundians using the internet as of 2023–2024 ecofinagency.com datareportal.com. This report dives deep into the current state of internet access in Burundi –…
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Current State of Internet Access in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso’s digital landscape is marked by low internet penetration and heavy reliance on mobile networks. As of 2023, only about 17–20% of the population are internet users, well below the African average (~39%) pulse.internetsociety.org and the global average (~66%) datareportal.com. In raw numbers, that equates to…
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Market Overview The global drone market has grown rapidly in recent years and is poised for continued expansion through 2030. In 2024, the total drone industry (including consumer, commercial, and military systems) was estimated at about $73 billion grandviewresearch.com. Forecasts suggest this market could reach roughly $163–165 billion by 2030 (a mid-range projection at ~14% CAGR) grandviewresearch.com. Some…
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Overview of Bulgaria’s Internet Infrastructure and Landscape Bulgaria has a well-developed internet infrastructure for a country of its size. In recent years, the nation has invested heavily in high-speed broadband networks, especially fiber-optic lines in urban areas budde.com.au. This has led to excellent cross-platform competition in fixed broadband – customers can access the internet via…
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Introduction Satellite phones (or satphones) are mobile telephones that connect directly to orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell towers. They provide voice calling, SMS text messaging, and low-speed data by relaying signals through satellites to reach the conventional telephone network en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org. In practical terms, when you make a call on a satellite phone, your handset…
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Brunei Darussalam, a small but wealthy nation on Borneo, is undergoing an internet revolution that defies its size. With nearly 99% of its people online datareportal.com and a nationwide rollout of 5G mobile and fiber broadband, Brunei’s digital landscape has leapt ahead in recent years. This report dives into Brunei’s surprisingly advanced internet infrastructure, the…
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Botswana is undergoing a digital transformation, dramatically expanding internet connectivity across its population. In the past decade, internet use in Botswana surged from roughly 30% of the population in 2013 to over three-quarters by 2024 en.wikipedia.org techcabal.com. This is notably higher than Africa’s overall internet usage (around 43% in 2023) and even above the global…
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Bosnia and Herzegovina’s internet landscape in 2025 is full of contradictions. On one hand, more people than ever are online – roughly 83% of the population uses the internet pulse.internetsociety.org – and mobile broadband coverage reaches almost the entire country. On the other hand, the fixed broadband infrastructure still lags behind regional standards, with fiber…
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Introduction SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has rapidly expanded worldwide, now available in over 100 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and parts of South America thenationalnews.com. Since its beta launch in 2020, Starlink has amassed millions of subscribers (surpassing 4 million by late 2024) and deployed thousands of low-Earth orbit satellites en.wikipedia.org. Starlink offers several service…
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Bolivia’s quest to bridge its digital divide is a story of geography and innovation. This landlocked nation – with sky-high Andean peaks and remote Amazonian villages – faces unique challenges in expanding internet access. The government and telecom providers have had to lay fiber across rugged terrain, beam signals from satellites, and extend mobile towers…
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