Three out of four Africans does not have access to the internet – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): 3 of 4 Africans do not have access to Facebook.

The aft Mark Zuckerberg to do something.

Therefore, Facebook gründeen send satellite into space to provide more Africans the opportunity to log on.

Internet to Sub-Sahara

Poor economy, underdevelopment, technological challenges and poor infrastructure are some of the reasons why the continent south of the Sahara, chimes.

According to Zuckerberg’s Facebook account is satellite AMOS-6 under construction and scheduled for operations during 2016.

– The satellite will provide free internet access to large parts of Southern Africa, says Zuckerberg.

Philanthropic activities

It’s Facebook project internet.org and network provider Eutelsat behind initiative.

Internet.org is a philanthropic project headed by Zuckerberg & amp; co., and involves many of the world’s communications giants, including Samsung, Ericsson, Nokia, Mediatek and Norwegian Opera Software.

The project’s primary goal is to assist an even larger share of the world population in get online.

– It is difficult to install and set up internet access in the traditional way in remote areas. Therefore, we must develop and offer new and more efficient technologies, says Zuckerberg about the satellite that will send Internet signals to Africa from the room.

Only 27 percent of the African population has access to the internet, and as at 30 June 2015 constitutes Africans only 10 percent of Internet users worldwide.

“Sky is the limit”

According to Zuckerberg, there are no limits to the technology’s potential.

– We are going to continue the job of pairing Worldwide, even if it means that we must look beyond our own planet.

45 percent of the world population currently has Internet Access – 1.3 billion of which are Facebook users.

Also read: Earlier Tuesday rendered the European Court in Luxembourg in a ruling that the agreement between the EU and the USA on exchange of personal information derived from Internet use is invalid.

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