An annual Internet market survey has found a surprisingly high number of Internet users in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Chad is now connected to the SAT-3 cable via Cameroon as part of the Central African Backbone project. DRC faces public-private challenges.

This is the first post in a series that intends to examine the ICT environment in large metropolitan areas of Africa that receive relatively little publicity and lack ICT framework. These cities are often overshadowed by Cape Town, Johannesburg, Cairo, Nairobi, Accra, and Lagos but still have a bright future …