Digital connectivity in Africa

Danial Mausoof, Head of Mobile Networks Sales and Solutioning for Middle East and Africa at Nokia. With 60% of the African population residing in rural areas, there is an enormous opportunity to connect people in rural communities and villages. In Morocco, a third of the population lives in rural areas, and there is still a need to connect more communities to move the country onto the cutting edge of digital technology and in support of the National Broadband Plan, which aims to provide the entire population with fixed or mobile broadband by the end of 2022. Reducing the cost of rural connectivity in North Africa When it comes to rural connectivity, one of the biggest obstacles is the associated cost. At Nokia we create the technology for the world to act together and that is why we have d...