Inadequate backhaul holding back West Africa’s full integration into digital age
[Johannesburg, 12 June 2013] -
Great strides have been made to grow broadband connectivity in Africa in the past five years. However, despite this growth, West Africa still has to overcome massive challenges to fully integrate into the digital age.MTN Guinea Conakry’s CEO Phumzile Joshua Phike said this to delegates attending the 10th annual Connecting West Africa Conference, in Dakar, Senegal, today.“Until 2008, Africa had a significant broadband capacity deficit. The continent predominantly relied on a cable serving sub-Saharan Africa and satellite capacity which came at a high cost and delivered low capacity,” says Phike.
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