A new annual report highlights how undersea fibre optic communication cables (including those reaching African shoes) are important to the global economy.

On May 11th, 2012, the 14,000km long West Africa Cable System (WACS) went live in Cape Town, South Africa.

In case you missed them (like we did), here are 9 short video clips devoted to raising awareness of various aspects of ICT progress across Africa. They have all been published in the past 4 months and come from unique sources. This collection by no means represents all of the …

South America and Africa are currently linked directly by only one undersea cable. Another is on the way for 2013.

Published in 2010 by The World Bank, Africa’s infrastructure: a time for transformation, although addressing the macro theme of infrastructure, relays a few interesting points about Africa’s ICT growth.

Updated undersea cable infograph, intellectual property progress