Internet for the Masses

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My younger brother has been keeping me up to date with Seacom, the new high capacity broadband cable that will revolutionise the Internet for Africa, and South Africa in particular. A couple of years back I lived in Mtunzini, a small coastal town of the East Coast of South Africa. Apparently Mtunzini's beach is the most geographically stable beach on the East Coast and is the perfect spot to port the massive broadband cable linking South Africa with Europe. And after years in the making, the cable stretching down the East African coast line is complete, and the Seacom-system went live yesterday.

This means that South Africa will, at last, have "high capacity bandwith". The implication is much faster, and much cheaper Internet. This is great news for South Africa's technological development. We have the skills; now we'll have the means.