Africa represents 14% of the world's population, it currently has less than 3% of the world's telephone lines. Africa remains the world's least developed continent in telecommunications. International telecommunications connectivity across Eastern and Southern Africa was almost exclusively delivered via satellites. At present, about 90% of intra-African voice and data traffic is routed through Europe and North America at a cost of about US$600 million per year. This was both unreliable and extremely expensive,...
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EASSy will act as a medium of internet connectivity carrying telecom traffic for all African operators from the Eastern and Southern African markets to connecting Cable networks in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
AfDB funding was a vital element in the setting up of the West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC), which was established as a “Special Purpose Vehicle” (SPV) and largest shareholder in the EASSy submarine cable system. Both the AfDB and WIOCC/EASSy benefited from loans from other development finance institutions, specifically the World Bank/IFC, AFD and KfW.
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Under graduate ( current studying in bachelor in dental surgery) (Sep, 2023–now) from Prasadi Academy, Kumaripati, Lalitpur
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रू12,000–20,000/day
(US$89.23–148.72/day)