Reminds me of when Facebook explored building out new internet infrastructure in third-world countries, because they were literally running out of internet users to capture
Uhhh, that's still an area of major investment for them. Look up Facebook Connectivity.
Yeah thought it might be, wasn't sure
I find this interesting with 2Africa(Facebook) and Equiano project(Google), using Free Space Optical Communication. To me it seems as a way to have ownership of the physical infrastructure of the internet and also have sway on how the digital infrastructure can become a monopoly separated from the Telecom companies around Africa.