In sub-Saharan Africa, where roughly 60% of people still live in rural areas urbanisation is occurring faster than anywhere else in the world. The temptation to build new cities on greenfield sites, away from existing city centres is enormous.
Alison Groves, director: discipline lead: built ecology and WSP in Africa and Hlologelo Manthose, built ecology: sustainability consultant at WSP in Africa, are advocates for retrofitting buildings to make them more sustainable – environmentally, socially and economically – across Africa’s cityscapes.
Weiterlesen: Sub-Saharan Africa: A conscious approach to urbanisation for smart, sustainable cities
Following two years of negotiation, multinational wireless communications engineering company SkyMax Network Limited (SkyMax) and Ericsson have entered into an MoU to build a next-generation 5G broadband network, inclusive of a digital services delivery platform, across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Under the MoU, Ericsson will be SkyMax’s trusted partner for network supply, rollout, and optimisation and for managed services. SkyMax will also be able to tap Ericsson’s technologies and global deployment experience in network design, network management and market development.
Weiterlesen: Ericsson, SkyMax Partner to Build 5G Broadband Network in Sub-Saharan Africa
Addressing the 3rd IACP Sub-Saharan Africa Executive Policing Conference in Kigali, President Kagame said: “It is evident that the security challenges of the twenty-first century are increasingly sophisticated as well as global, and require international collaboration to effectively combat them.”
Weiterlesen: Sub-Sahara Africa: ICTs, connected police critical for safety and security
Half of the world's inactive universal service funds are located in sub-Saharan Africa
In many parts of the semi-arid regions here in Kenya, residents often walk long distances and climb trees to get a signal. This scenario is replicated in many areas in Africa, as well.
Telecom companies don't see such areas as profitable. With the population in these regions sparsely spread over large tracts of land, such areas would be capital intensive to cover. As a result, getting a mobile signal in rural Africa can be like striking gold.
While you might be wondering what, other than being sympathetic, we can do from across the world, a group of students at The Pennsylvania State University has jumped to the challenge to make a difference. These students have enrolled in classes that will allow them to go above and beyond what is imagined, much less expected, of young adults.
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