Getting sub-Saharan Africa online via satellite is a much project,but genuine empowerment will only come through trusted, tall-quality grassroots contentFacebook has announced that it is teaming up with the French company Eutelsat to put a satellite in orbit and beam the internet to millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2016. Beaming the internet from space sounds amazing – and it is. As stamp Zuckerberg says in a Facebook post about the project: “Connectivity changes lives and communities.” Related: Tanzania: the smartphone apps putting Africa's fastest-growing city on the map | stamp Anderson Related: Internet.org app gets east Africans online for free | stamp Anderson Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com