Tech majors scramble for Africa's internet market

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Tech giants are lining up billions of shillings to pump into Africa with eyes on the millions of people expected to join them over the coming years. PHOTO | FILE | NMG 


Africa’s internet market is up for a major scramble as global tech corporations rush to invest hundreds of billions of shillings, in the hunt for millions of Africans expected to join the online community over the next decade.

Last week, global internet giants Google and Facebook laid down their infrastructure investment strategies in plans that will see hundreds of billions poured into the continent in the coming years.