First know Africa’s Big 5
Internet Countries (million)
Egypt (12.6)
Nigeria (11.0)
Morocco (10.3)
South Africa (4.6)
Sudan (3.8)

First know Africa’s Big 5
Internet Countries (million)
Egypt (12.6)
Nigeria (11.0)
Morocco (10.3)
South Africa (4.6)
Sudan (3.8)
Take Note…

Low Demand
supply of bandwidth is
constricted
Blah…
Lack of Blah…
infrastructure Blah…
and
developments
So of course,
explaining the lack
African countries rely on of to none,
expensive and slow satellite interest in these
connection for telephones
and the Internet.
web
technologies…

largest and most-
populous continent, after
Asia
Africans
Countries
Africans Online, as of June 2009
Total Cost of 6 new African Submarine
Fiber Cable Systems

3.84
But Tapping
16000 1.28
Tb/s Tb/s In…
14000
12000 1.4 640
Tb/s Tb/s
Active (July 20009)
10000
1.92
Length (km)
8000 Tb/s
Q2 2011
June 2010 1.28
6000 Tb/s
Nov 2009
June 2010
4000
2000 Sep 2009
0
Seacom EASSy TEAMs WACS
WACS MainOne GLO1

3.84
But Tapping
16000 1.28
Tb/s Tb/s In…
14000
12000 1.4 640
Tb/s Tb/s
Active (July 20009)
10000
1.92
Length (km)
8000 Tb/s
Q2 2011
June 2010 1.28
6000 Tb/s
Nov 2009
June 2010
4000
2000 Sep 2009
0
Seacom EASSy TEAMs WACS
WACS MainOne GLO1
That US$2,065 Billion, in those 6 new Fiber Optic cable
systems 

But you got to wonder, all
that money, all that speed
and all that risk. Besides
broadband being a key factor
in boosting economic
performance today, which is
exactly what the continent of
Africa needs. But…

Will the world’s infamous FaceBook,
Twitter, YouTube and MySpace take the
continent of Africa?

WORLD AFRICA
Relevance? Relatedness? Connectedness?
Significance?

Is the possibility of something like China’s
Qzone (A Niche Network) in the African
context real?

Estimation of 2,000 languages spoken in Africa
Individual languages in Africa such as
Berber, Igbo, Swahili, Hausa, Amharic,
and Yoruba are spoken by tens of
millions of people.
Ethno linguistics?

And is there real money to made with
African Technological Endevours?

Today, Paid between $2,500 & $5,000
For a megabyte per second (Mbps) connection
Per month
So what happens to all that money when the Fiber
goes online, rendering these exact same services (only
much better of course), but this time only between
$50 & $150?

Already very warmed up African Players…

Africa’s
Trajectory?

Thank You for Watching
Africa Un-Tapped
@eshaam

Slideography
Top 5 Internet Countries in Africa – Internet World Stats
2009 Social Network Analysis Report by Ignite Media – PDF link
Image “Vinyl Record” by RAWKU5
Stats on African Continent - Wikipedia (2nd largest, 1 Billion people and 53
countries)
65,9 Million African internet users – Internet World Stats
US$2,035 Billion = Seacom, EASSy, TEAMs, WACS, MainONE and GLO1.
Remaining internet countries as per Internet World Stats
23.6 Million = (12.6 + 11.0 + 10.3 + 4.6 + 3.8) – 65.9
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Image “Question Mark” by Afreeta
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