Author: Manish Singh / Source: VentureBeat
More than a year after Facebook commercially launched Express Wi-Fi in five markets, it is ready to bring the connectivity service to the sixth: Ghana.
In partnership with telecom operator Vodafone Ghana, Facebook today launched Express Wi-Fi in the suburban communities of the Western African nation.
The service, available locally in Nima, James Town, Kanda, Pig Farm, and Abossey Okine in the capital city Accra, will aim to offer “carrier-grade Wi-Fi” to people living in some remote communities that lack fiber optic cables.The connectivity service, which is part of an Internet.org initiative, will help bridge the digital divide, said Yolanda Cuba, CEO of Vodafone Ghana. “We are effectively saying to the communities where we cannot deploy fiber that there is a solution that we can give to you and we are giving connectivity at the cheapest rate in Ghana,” she said.
In a with a local TV channel, Vincent Sowah Odotei, Deputy Minister for Communications, commended Facebook and Vodafone Ghana for their efforts, which he said were in…
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