Friday, November 22African Digital Business Magazine

Tag: fibre-to-the-business

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FTTB for the SME: It’s time to step into cost optimisation

Alain Schram, Sales Manager at Vox talks fibre-to-the-business trends and how cost-effective connectivity is reigniting the small to medium enterprise Micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) comprise 90% of companies globally, providing 70% of employment and nearly 50% of the global gross domestic product (GDP). They’re the heart of the economy and the pulse of growth within the country, and one of their most important growth factors is connectivity. According to the World Economic Forum, connectivity is a critical component of the small to medium enterprise (SME) success story as it enhances digital knowledge and skills, improves innovation, drives sales and cuts costs. In fact, it was a recent ITU study that found that 1% of mobile broadband penetration increased the GDP of de...