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New undersea cables bring hope of cheaper, more reliable Internet access for West Africa
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 10:44 | No Comment

For a decade, West Africa’s main connection to the Internet has been a single fiber-optic cable in the Atlantic, a tenuous and
expensive link for one of the poorest areas of the planet.
But this summer, a …

Internet Pioneers See Gloomy Industry
Thursday, 12 Aug, 2010 – 12:36 | No Comment

Three prominent entrepreneurs who pioneered the introduction of the Internet into homes and offices of the country are sad the industry they helped to nurture is performing poorly.
Ghana, which became Africa’s first Internet serviced country …

Growing Africa’s Internet use: Top down vs bottom up – Which way is up?
Friday, 30 Jul, 2010 – 22:56 | No Comment

The Internet is the basis of Africa’s second wave of investment after mobile. It’s much smaller but the potential is considerable. Almost everyone wants to see the Internet grow but there are significantly different strategies …

China issues white paper on Internet policy
Wednesday, 14 Jul, 2010 – 6:07 | No Comment

The Chinese government Tuesday published a white paper on its Internet policy, stressing the guarantee of citizens’ freedom of speech on the Internet and more intensive application of it.
The white paper, released by the State …

2.5m Internet Users In Ghana
Saturday, 10 Apr, 2010 – 14:44 | No Comment

THERE has been significant improvement in the communication sector with growth being registered in key areas.
Statistics collated this year reveal that, total phone subscriptions went up from 11,570,430 in 2008 to  15,318,225 while internet users …

Mobile telecom operators to dominate internet market in Ghana
Thursday, 1 Oct, 2009 – 13:12 | No Comment

Accra, Oct. 1, GNA – Mobile telecom operators in Ghana are expected to dominate the internet market beginning 2012, on the back of 3G technology, WiMAX, and the undersea fibre optics rollout from next year, …