Telecommunications
      infrastructure: 
      Traditional and emerging  
      challenges
      Temitope Osunrinde
      Marketing Communications Manager
  Price of broadband internet in Africa's largest economies
                                                                          *Fixed line internet. Cost in USD
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  Where to find the cheapest Broadband Internet in Africa
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 A comparative analysis of three African countries
              SOUTH AFRICA                                    KENYA                                    NIGERIA
             4 submarine cables                         4 submarine cables                        5 submarine cables
  Broadband held back for many years by       Launched its Broadband Policy in 2013,        Broadband Plan, which set fixed 
    an expensive operating environment              planned 30k km expansion.             broadband targets of 30% by 2018 
   created by Telkom’s dominance in the                                                           delayed for 5years. 
             fixed-line market. 
                                        nd
   Deregulation and entry of Neotel as 2
    fixed-line operator and infrastructure        Converged regulatory authority:        Nigeria has 38,000 km infrastructure,
  operators like Vumatel, Dark Fibre Africa,  Communications Commission of Kenya  mostly owned by MNOs. Country needs 
   FibreCo + MNOs such as Vodacom and                          (CCK)                                  120,000km 
                    Cell C
    Government also funded ZAR1.4b to                67% internet population.
            expand fibre network
                                              The Kenya government building its fibre   Underutilization of 3 submarine cables, 
  FTTX Council: number of houses passed  optic submarine cable, “The East African                  $7bn investment
  by fibre has grown from 439,000 in 2017            Marine System (TEAMS)”.             To catch up, Nigeria needs to expedite 
   to 933,000 by March 2018: 112% YoY                                                       actions and take steps to assure 
                   growth                                                                   broadband targets are achieved 
                                             Government-funded National Optic Fibre
   South Africa remains the largest hub of   Backbone Infrastructure (NOFBI) project 
   foreign direct investment (FDI) on the     has built 5000km. Operators have also       Smartphone costs still high. Nigeria 
  continent. Microsoft announced plans to  built about 4000km fiber infrastructure in  ranks 143/176 in 2017 ITU ICT Index
        build 2 data centres in Africa               24 of Kenya’s 47 counties