Faster Internet Coming to Africa With Facebook’s $1 Billion Cable
- U.S. giant starts new effort to boost internet on continent
- Move comes after West Africa had outages from broken cables
People browse internet articles on Facebook in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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Facebook Inc. and some of the world’s largest telecom carriers including China Mobile Ltd. are joining forces to build a giant sub-sea cable to help bring more reliable and faster internet across Africa.