NAIROBI: From constructing Internet infrastructure to launching eCommerce, and mobile payment to creating digital entertainment platforms, Chinese companies have been actively participating in Africa’s digital transformation, helping the world’s second most populous continent catch up with other regions of the world.
In December 2022, high-speed Internet connection was for the first time made available at Uhuru Peak, the top of Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, at nearly 5,900 m above sea level, as well as in camps and huts along the way.
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