As of early 2024, about 2.09 million Batswana were internet users, representing roughly 77.3% of the population. Cellular penetration is around 185%, with mobile internet subscriptions at 2.93 million and fixed-line subscriptions at 164,000. Orange Botswana launched Africa’s first 5G network in 2022, initially covering about 30% of the population. SpaceX’s Starlink entered Botswana in…
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As of early 2025, about 1.96 million Mauritanians were internet users, roughly 37% of the population. Under the National Digital Transformation Agenda 2022–2025, Mauritania planned to add 4,000 km of fiber backbone by 2025, and by mid-2024 had deployed about 5,500 km with another 2,300 km planned. ACE, landing in Nouakchott since 2012, was the…
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Lesotho’s internet use shows a stark urban–rural divide: about 77% of urban residents use the internet compared with 43% of rural residents, while roughly 31% of the population lives in urban areas and 69% in rural areas. Mobile broadband is the backbone of connectivity, with Vodacom Lesotho and Econet Telecom Lesotho (ETL) delivering 3G coverage…
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Rwanda’s first internet access occurred around 1996, and by 2000 there were about 5,000 users (less than 0.1% of the population). In 2004 Rwanda privatized Rwandatel and sold it to Terracom, opening the ISP market to competition. Between 2008 and 2010, Rwanda laid over 3,000 km of national fiber backbone across all 30 districts, linking…
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September 21, 2025 – Partial Solar Eclipse visible mainly from the Southern Hemisphere, with up to 80% Sun obscured over the South Pacific, including Fiji, Tahiti, New Zealand, and parts of Antarctica. February 17, 2026 – Annular “ring of fire” over Antarctica, with annularity lasting about 2 minutes at maximum, while a partial eclipse will…
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Madagascar is connected to four major submarine cables—EASSy, LION/LION2, METISS, and 2Africa—with the 2Africa landing at Mahajanga in February 2023 and becoming operational in late 2023. Fixed broadband penetration is extremely low, at about 0.11 per 100 people in 2023, forcing most of the population to rely on mobile networks. Market shares are Telma about…
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Gabon’s internet usage reaches about 72% of the population in January 2025, with roughly 1.84 million internet users out of a ~2.57 million population. Over 91% of Gabon’s population is urban, yet about 1,253 villages lacked any mobile coverage as of early 2024, with 200 additional villages planned for Phase 2 in 2024. Moov Africa…
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<li Namibia had about 1.6 million internet users by early 2024, roughly 62% of the population, up from 53% in early 2023. <li The 2012 landing of the West Africa Cable System (WACS) at Swakopmund dramatically expanded international capacity and reduced latency. <li Equiano landed in Namibia in 2022–2023, delivering up to 20 times more…
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As of January 2024, 21.82 million Tanzanians used the internet, a penetration rate of 31.9% of the population. By end-2024, active internet subscriptions reached 48 million, up 16% from the previous quarter, driven by multi-device data use. By December 2024, there were 25.6 million mobile broadband subscriptions (3G/4G/5G), while over 22 million users remained on…
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