The Chief Executive Officer of Etisalat Group, Mr. Ahmad Julfar, has said that Universal broadband is a real target that can be achieved through public private partnerships to promote greater digital, social and financial inclusion in the developing world.

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) today announced a pilot project to bring mobile connectivity to EKOCENTER, a social enterprise initiative designed to empower community well-being by bringing safe water, solar power and mobile communications, as well as basic goods and services to underserved communities. The pilot project will be conducted in collaboration with Tigo Rwanda and German start-up company, Solarkiosk.

Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki has urged African governments to invest more in Information Technology Infrastructure to resolve toughest problems like health, governance, education, traffic, among others currently facing the continent.

Cisco, Deutsche Telekom and Intel have announced Challenge Up, a joint Internet of Things (IoT) accelerator for start-ups from the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

Let’S for a moment, imagine the globally-wired Internet Ecosystem without the Satellite. The world of tomorrow belongs to those nations that can properly harness, organize, manage and control their Intellectual Property Resources.