Driving Business And Economic Development In Africa Through Innovative Satellite-Based Connectivity
SES’s next-generation O3b mPOWER satellite communications system to launch in 2021
By Carole Kamaitha, SES Networks Vice President Sales, Africa
Over 30% of the African population live in landlocked countries, many in remote rural areas. Millions of Africans therefore experience significant challenges with access to reliable connectivity every day. According to Northern Sky Research (NSR) countries in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly connected to the mobile internet. However, in 2019, there were 520 million people that did not use mobile internet and another 270 million who did not live within the footprint of a mobile network. Simply put, better solutions are needed as the number of connected devices and demand for bandwidth-intensive applications continue to soar across the continent....