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Niger Turns To Satellites To Bridge Digital Divide

A small number of Starlink dishes are sprining up on houses in the capital, but vendors say take-up is slow (Credit: AFP)

Less than a third of Niger's vast territory has internet access, so the west African country is betting on satellite broadband to bridge the digital divide in remote rural areas.

The patchy coverage is mostly down to a lack of investment and the destruction of relay antennae by the numerous armed groups active in the country, according to electronic communications regulator ARCEP.

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