DAKAR: A subsea cable owned by Google that promises to double internet speeds for millions in Africa arrived in Togo on Friday , the company said, the latest step in a multi-year project to provide cheaper access to users across the continent.
That may be a taste of things to come for other countries set to benefit in a region where internet use is rising fast but where networks are often cripplingly slow and are a drag on economic development. Sub-Saharan Africa is the world's least-connected region, with around a quarter of the population still lacking mobile broadband coverage compared to 7 per cent globally, according to a 2020 report by GSMA Intelligence.
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