Hello Bob,

We in Sierra Leone have recently began to experience this as our country embarks massive fibre optics to help upgrade the ICT infrastructure and bring effective communication to the people. There is a little price being paid at the moment. The roads are being dug to help keep the fibre cables underground often causing inconvenience. The pleasant part is knowing that there is a high potential for infrastructural boom in the area of ICT and knowing fully well that access to ICT facilities will no longer be restricted and tenuous.

Thanks,

Andrew 

On Friday, December 6, 2013, Bob Omondi wrote:

Dear Listers,

This is a subject that really troubles me.

Today, Africa is the destination for mega infrastructure projects especially in Roads and Building Construction. "Real Estate Boom" in now a common term in our continent and even bigger in Kenya.

But I still don't understand why we would spend a fortune to put up magnificent roads and buildings (of course sewer lines. water pipes and basic drainage along the roads are usually sorted out) and forget to lay fiber cables - the cheapest of the ingredients! In my opinion, this is a mistake that can be stopped!

What needs to be done to change this?

Regards

Bob.

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Founder and CEO
B-Gifted Foundation of Sierra Leone
www.bgiftedfoundation.org
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