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No Signal: The Shocking Digital Divide in the DRC and the Race to Connect Millions

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a population of over 100 million, but only about 27% were using the internet in early 2024, leaving roughly 75 million offline. <li...

7 June 2025

Internet Access in Gabon 2025: Fiber, Mobile Networks, and the Satellite Revolution

...coverage in Libreville is arguably more extensive proportionally. Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) – similar population size (~5 million) but lower penetration. Congo has two main operators (MTN and Airtel)...

25 July 2025

Fiber · Gabon · Internet · Mobile Networks · Satellites

Connecting the Unconnected: The State of Internet Access in the Central African Republic

...cable connections) and a stronger economy. Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville): ~57% (2022) – an upper estimate; Republic of Congo has a small population mainly in cities (Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire) and has...

29 May 2025

Central African Republic · Connectivity · Digital Divide · Internet Access · Technology

Deep-Sea Mining Goldmine or Fool’s Gold? The Metals Company (TMC) Stock Analysis 2025

...from the deep sea, for instance, could reduce reliance on the Congo (currently ~70% of cobalt comes from DRC). Nickel from international waters could diversify away from Indonesia and Russia....

4 October 2025

Environmental Impact · Future Trends · Investment Analysis · Mining Industry · NASDAQ:TMC · Stock Market

Weekend Science Bonanza: Breakthroughs From Space to Superbugs

...that the muddled guidance could undermine routine immunizations nature.com nature.com. Ebola Outbreak Response: Across the globe, officials raced to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the...

21 September 2025

Medical Research · NYSE:NVO · Science News · Space · Space Exploration · Technology Trends · Weekend Reads

Cobalt Blue’s Stock Skyrockets Amid Cobalt Comeback – Broken Hill Deal, Refinery Plans Fuel Hype

...the world’s cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where artisanal mining, child labor, and conflict issues have tainted the supply chain investingnews.com investingnews.com. Large buyers (tech companies,...

7 October 2025

Business News · Cobalt Industry · Energy Transition · Mining · Stock Market

Internet Kill Switch: Recurring Blackouts in Syria, Iraq, Algeria – And Who’s Next?

...since that election context.news context.news. These moves were intended to curb the opposition’s organizing and reporting of alleged fraud. DR Congo: The Democratic Republic of Congo turned off the internet...

18 June 2025

Censorship · Cybersecurity · Digital Rights · Internet Shutdowns · Middle East

Scanning the Canopy: ESA’s Biomass Radar Craft Maps Global Forest Carbon with P‑Band Vision

...during its five-year mission. The Amazon, Congo Basin, and Indonesian rainforests are the primary focus, together holding about 70% of global forest carbon. Beyond forests, the instrument can also map...

27 June 2025

Carbon Mapping · Climate Change · Forest Monitoring · Remote Sensing · Space Technology

Global Satellite Internet Showdown: Starlink vs Viasat vs OneWeb vs Kuiper – Which One Will Connect the World?

Starlink’s residential service delivers about 100–250 Mbps down and 10–20 Mbps up, with latency around 20–50 ms and a median near 45 ms as of mid‑2025. Starlink pricing is typically...

9 July 2025

Connectivity · Global Internet · Satellite Internet · Space Technology · Starlink

Uganda’s Internet Access Revolution: From Digital Divide to Digital Drive in 2025

...example, South Sudan and eastern DR Congo rely on Uganda for internet transit (fiber from Uganda goes into those countries). MTN and others have built fiber towards Juba (South Sudan)...

28 August 2025

Africa · Digital Divide · Internet · Technology · Uganda

Inside Burundi’s Digital Struggle: The Truth About Internet Access and the Satellite Solution

...Congo (DRC), versus Burundi: Rwanda: Often lauded as a regional ICT leader, Rwanda had an internet penetration of about 34.4% at the start of 2024 freedomhouse.org – nearly three times...

2 June 2025

Africa · Digital Access · Internet · Satellites · Technology

State of Internet Access in Angola: From Urban Hubs to Satellite Lifelines

...fiber links Angola with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, integrating Angola into Liquid’s 110,000 km pan-African network liquid.tech liquid.tech. The route provides alternative paths to...

30 May 2025

Angola · Digital Inclusion · Internet Access · Satellite Internet · Urban vs Rural