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Internet Access Services in Kenya

As of early 2024, about 22.7 million Kenyans were internet users, representing 40.8% penetration. Safaricom had 545,812 fixed subscriptions and 36.4% of the fixed broadband market as of mid-2024. Jamii Telecom Faiba held 24.0% of the fixed broadband market, while Wananchi (Zuku) had 17.5%. Poa Internet accounted for about 13.2% of fixed broadband market share. Starlink entered Kenya in July 2023 and reached 16,746 subscribers by January 2025 (about 1.1% of subscriptions). NOFBI aims to reach 100,000 km of fiber by 2026 and has connected all 47 counties. Safaricom expanded its fiber footprint to 14,000 km by March 2023 and

10 March 2025

Internet·Technology

Servizi di accesso a Internet in Kenya

All’inizio del 2024, 22,7 milioni di kenyoti utilizzavano internet, con una penetrazione del 40,8%. Safaricom domina anche la banda larga fissa, con una quota di mercato del 36,4% e 545.812 abbonamenti fissi a metà del 2024. Starlink, entrato nel mercato kenyota nel 2023, contava 8.063 abbonati entro giugno 2024 e 16.746 a gennaio 2025, diventando l’ottavo ISP per abbonati. Il governo ha istituito NOFBI con l’obiettivo di arrivare a 100.000 km di fibra entro il 2026 per connettere uffici governativi, scuole e ospedali. Le reti mobili hanno copertura estesa: 3G copre il 99% della popolazione, 4G/LTE il 98% nel 2023,

14 March 2025

Tecnologia

Diageo Shares Jump on $2.3bn Asahi Deal: What Today’s Kenya Exit Means for a Turnaround, Dividends and the £16 “Value” Debate

Diageo (LSE: DGE) is back in focus on 17 December 2025 after agreeing to sell its 65% stake in East African Breweries (EABL) to Asahi for $2.3bn. Here’s what the deal means for debt, dividends, and whether the share-price slump since 2022 is finally setting up a recovery. Investegate+2Reuters+2 London-listed drinks giant Diageo—the owner of Johnnie Walker and Guinness—has delivered one of its biggest corporate headlines of 2025, agreeing to sell its controlling stake in East African Breweries (EABL) to Japan’s Asahi Group in a transaction expected to generate estimated net proceeds of $2.3 billion after tax and transaction costs.

17 December 2025

Dividends·LSE:DGE·NSE:EABL·Stock Market·TSX:2502

Diageo plc stock: Kenya court delay keeps $2.3bn Asahi deal in focus ahead of next week

Kenya’s High Court delayed a hearing on blocking Diageo’s $2.3 billion sale of EABL to Asahi until Jan. 20, allowing regulatory steps to continue. Diageo shares rose 1.75% to 1,630 pence but remain near their 52-week low. Investors await both the court’s decision and Diageo’s interim results on Feb. 25 for updates on cash flow and debt.

10 January 2026

LSE:DGE.L·NSE:EABL·Stock Market·TSX:2502.T

Diageo stock (DGE.L) in focus after Kenya court delays $2.3 billion EABL sale to Asahi

A Kenyan court has delayed a hearing on Diageo’s $2.3 billion asset sale until Jan. 20, blocking the deal’s closure until then. Judge Bahati Mwamuye allowed regulatory steps to continue but barred finalization. Diageo’s London shares closed Friday at 1,630 pence, up 1.75%. The dispute stems from litigation brought by distributor Bia Tosha.

11 January 2026

LSE:DGE.L·Stock Market

Diageo stock edges up in London after Kenya court bid targets $2.3 billion Asahi deal

Diageo shares rose 0.8% to 1,589.5 pence in early London trading after a Kenyan court filing challenged its $2.3 billion sale of East African Breweries to Asahi. Kenya’s High Court will hold a hearing Friday on whether to block the deal. The stock remains about 39% below its 52-week high after dropping 4.1% Wednesday. Diageo reports interim results on Feb. 25.

8 January 2026

LSE:DGE·Stock Market

Diageo shares rise as Kenya court keeps $2.3bn Asahi deal moving

Diageo shares rose about 1.4% in early London trading after a Kenyan court allowed regulatory reviews to proceed on its planned $2.3 billion sale of East African Breweries to Asahi. The court paused the deal’s final steps until Jan. 20. The case stems from a challenge by Bia Tosha Distributors. Diageo will report interim results on Feb. 25.

12 January 2026

LSE:DGE·NSE:EABL·TSX:2502

Starlink Global Availability and Impact Report

Starlink is available in over 100 countries as of mid-2025, spanning North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and parts of South America. As of late 2024, Starlink had surpassed 4 million subscribers. Starlink offers five service types: Residential, Roam, Business (Priority), Maritime, and Aviation. Typical speeds range from about 50 Mbps to 150+ Mbps, with most users above 100 Mbps under good conditions, and latency around 20–50 ms. Monthly pricing ranges from about $90–$120 in well-connected markets, with discounts to roughly $30–$50 in developing regions. The United States was the first to receive Starlink, with public beta in mid-2020 and

2 June 2025

Internet·Starlink

Disponibilité mondiale de Starlink et rapport d’impact

Starlink est disponible dans plus de 100 pays à la mi-2025, avec les services Résidentiel, Roam, Business, Maritime et Aviation. Depuis le lancement en version bêta en 2020, Starlink compte plus de 4 millions d’abonnés fin 2024 et a déployé des milliers de satellites en orbite terrestre basse. Les vitesses de téléchargement varient d’environ 50 Mbps à plus de 150 Mbps, et la latence se situe autour de 20–50 ms. Le prix mensuel est d’environ 90–120 USD dans les marchés bien desservis, et fortement réduit dans les régions en développement (environ 30–50 USD en Afrique). Le Roam est généralement disponible,

11 June 2025

Technologie

Inside Rwanda’s Internet Revolution: How the Nation Is Connecting Remote Villages and Launching Satellites

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 to SEACOM, EASSy and TEAMS in 2009, driving international bandwidth costs from about $3,000 per Mbps in 2006 to roughly $25 per Mbps. In 2013, Korea Telecom Rwanda Networks (KTRN) built a nationwide 4G network on a wholesale-only basis, achieving over 95% population coverage by

6 August 2025

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Inside Madagascar’s Internet Revolution: From Mobile Networks to Starlink Skies

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 50%, Orange about 30%, Airtel about 7%, Blueline’s bip about 2%, and SpaceX Starlink around 10% of Madagascar’s internet market as of 2024–2025. 4G coverage reaches roughly 71% of the population, while overall mobile signal availability sits around 92%. Madagascar experimented with 5G early on:

1 August 2025

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

Introduction Uganda’s internet landscape is a mix of rapid growth and persistent gaps. Over the past decade, the country has seen a boom in mobile phone usage and internet services, yet a majority of Ugandans remain offline due to infrastructure shortfalls, high costs, and socio-economic barriers. This report provides an in-depth look at the state of internet access in Uganda as of 2024–2025, covering penetration rates, service types (mobile, broadband, satellite), key providers, infrastructure developments, government policies, inclusion challenges, and the future outlook. All statistics are the most recent available – many from 2024 or early 2025 – to give

28 August 2025

Internet·Technology

Serviços de Acesso à Internet no Quénia

Em 2024, cerca de 22,7 milhões de quenianos usavam a internet, com penetração de aproximadamente 40,8%. Safaricom é o principal operador móvel, com aproximadamente 43 milhões de assinaturas móveis, e detém 36,4% do mercado de banda larga fixa com 545.812 assinaturas até meados de 2024. Os principais players de banda larga fixa além da Safaricom são Jamii Telecom (Faiba) com 24,0%, Wananchi Group (Zuku) com 17,5% e Poa Internet com 13,2%. A Starlink chegou ao Quênia em julho de 2023, atingindo 8.063 assinantes até meados de 2024 e 16.746 assinantes em janeiro de 2025 (cerca de 1,1% do total). A

11 March 2025

Tecnologia

Internet Access Chaos: Blackouts, Crackdowns & Broadband Breakthroughs (Sept 5–6, 2025)

Major Outages and Internet Shutdowns In early September 2025, multiple outages and deliberate shutdowns disrupted internet access for millions across different regions. In the United States, a major Verizon network failure on August 30 demonstrated the fragility of even advanced telecom systems ts2.tech. Starting around midday (Eastern time), Verizon mobile users from California to New York suddenly lost service, with their phones stuck in emergency “SOS only” mode instead of connecting to any network ts2.tech. By mid-afternoon, outage reports spiked above 23,000 as people complained they couldn’t make calls or use mobile data ts2.tech. Verizon attributed the blackout to a

6 September 2025

Internet·NASDAQ:AMZN·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:META·NSE:SCOM·NYSE:VZ·Technology

Inside Ethiopia’s Internet Boom: Fiber Optics, 5G Dreams, and Starlink Skies

As of early 2025, about 28.6 million Ethiopians were internet users, roughly 21.3% of the population. Ethio Telecom owned about 23,000 km of fiber-optic cable across Ethiopia as of 2023, forming the national backbone and linking to neighboring undersea cables via Djibouti. In late 2024, Ethio Telecom signed a Horizon Fiber corridor deal with Djibouti Telecom and Sudatel to create a multi-terabit cross-border link between Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Sudan. Ethio Telecom launched commercial 5G in Addis Ababa in October 2022, with 145 sites active in the capital by September 2023 and expansion to additional cities planned. Safaricom Ethiopia launched commercial

29 May 2025

Starlink

Blockchain’s Global Social Impact Revolution: From Banking the Unbanked to Fighting Corruption

1.7 billion adults lack access to formal banking, about 31% of all adults, and 55% of the unbanked are women. BitPesa, a crypto-powered remittance firm in sub-Saharan Africa, has cut transfer fees by up to 90% compared with traditional methods. In Kenya, the Red Cross and Grassroots Economics launched a blockchain-backed community currency, enabling 25 women with feature phones to create a credit and savings pool, with expansion planned to 320,000 users across Africa. In Haiti, a 2020 World Bank-backed blockchain pilot allowed 1,342 small producers to export directly, lifting mango revenues by 262% and cocoa by 348%. Sierra Leone

7 July 2025

Blockchain

Vodafone Stock on 5 December 2025: Safaricom Deal, Spain Exit and Dividend Reboot Put VOD Near 52‑Week Highs

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company (LON: VOD, NASDAQ: VOD) is ending 2025 in a very different place than it started: leaner in Europe, more focused on Africa, paying a higher dividend for the first time in years, and trading close to its 52‑week highs. As of 5 December 2025, the big question for investors is whether Vodafone’s recent rally and strategic reshaping still leave meaningful upside – or whether most of the good news is now priced in. Vodafone share price today: near the top of the range On 5 December 2025: That puts Vodafone within a rounding error of

5 December 2025

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Inside Djibouti’s Digital Frontier: The Rise of Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity

Djibouti hosts about 10–12 international undersea cables on the Red Sea coast, including SMW3, EIG, SEA-ME-WE-5/6, AAE-1, EASSy, WIOCC, Yemeni, and DARE1, linking to Europe, Asia and East/Southern Africa. Djibouti Telecom invested over $200 million in the last decade in landing stations and a protected submarine corridor, reinforcing Djibouti as a regional internet gateway. Terrestrial fiber links connect Djibouti to Ethiopia and Somalia, and AfriFiber serves thousands of homes in Djibouti City. The Djibouti Data Center (DDC) is the first and only carrier-neutral data center in East Africa, co-locating major cable landing points with Tier-3 colocation, peering, and the DjIX

10 June 2025

Digital Transformation·Technology Trends

The Sky Connect: How Satellite Internet Is Revolutionizing Rural and Remote Life

La connexion céleste : comment l’internet par satellite révolutionne la vie rurale et isolée

En 2023, environ 2,6 milliards de personnes restaient déconnectées, principalement dans les zones rurales. Les satellites en orbite basse (LEO) offrent une latence de 20–50 ms et un débit élevé, contrairement aux GEO qui présentent environ 600 ms de latence. Starlink de SpaceX compte plus de 7 000 satellites lancés depuis 2019, couvre environ 130 pays et comptait environ 4 millions d’abonnés fin 2024, avec une antenne grand public de la taille d’une boîte à pizza et des débits de 50–200 Mbps. OneWeb, basé au Royaume‑Uni, exploite 618 satellites actifs et a fusionné avec Eutelsat en 2022 pour proposer une

15 June 2025

Innovation·Technologie

Diageo share price slides as Kenyan court bid targets $2.3bn Asahi deal

Diageo shares fell 1.4% after Kenyan distributor Bia Tosha filed a lawsuit to block the $2.3 billion sale of East African Breweries to Asahi. The Nairobi court set a hearing for Jan. 9. RBC upgraded Diageo to “outperform” with a 2,000p target. Diageo interim results are due Feb. 25.

7 January 2026

LSE:DGE.L·Stock Market·TSX:2502.T

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