{"id":5405,"date":"2022-04-18T04:36:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T02:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/18\/facebooks-fibre-optics-in-nigerian-state-put-africa-pivot-in-focus\/"},"modified":"2022-04-18T04:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T02:36:14","slug":"facebooks-fibre-optics-in-nigerian-state-put-africa-pivot-in-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/18\/facebooks-fibre-optics-in-nigerian-state-put-africa-pivot-in-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook\u2019s fibre optics in Nigerian state put Africa pivot in focus"},"content":{"rendered":"

As company faces rising pressure in west, it is investing in digital infrastructure elsewhere<\/p>\n

When government officials in the southern Nigerian state of Edo set about radically improving poor internet access for its population of 4 million, they didn\u2019t have to look far for help. MainOne, a company responsible for laying a vast network of fibre-optic cables across west Africa, was an obvious partner. Another, perhaps less obvious one, was Facebook.<\/p>\n

A joint agreement was signed to install fibre-optic cables running across the state\u2019s capital, Benin City. Since 2019, 400km (250 miles) of cables have been laid in Edo, about a quarter via the partnership between the two companies and the government.<\/p>\n

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\nAs company faces rising pressure in west, it is investing in digital infrastructure elsewhere
\nWhen government officials in the southern Nigerian state of Edo set about radically improving poor internet access for its population of 4 million, they didn\u2019t have to look far for help. MainOne, a company responsible for laying a vast network of fibre-optic cables across west Africa, was an obvious partner. Another, perhaps less obvious one, was Facebook.
\nA joint agreement was signed to install fibre-optic cables running across the state\u2019s capital, Benin City. Since 2019, 400km (250 miles) of cables have been laid in Edo, about a quarter via the partnership between the two companies and the government. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As company faces rising pressure in west, it is investing in digital infrastructure elsewhere When government officials in the southern Nigerian state of Edo set about radically improving poor internet access for its population of 4 million, they didn\u2019t have to look far for help. MainOne, a company responsible for laying a vast network of …<\/p>\n

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