In Uganda: Google launches Wi-Fi network in East African country

Google will be making the broadband wireless network available to local internet service providers, who will in turn charge customers for access.

Tech giant Google, has launched its first wi-fi network in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, as part of a project to expand access to affordable high-speed internet in the country.

Google will be making the broadband wireless network available to local internet service providers, who will in turn charge customers for access.

 

According to a Today.ng report, Google says the network is currently live in 120 key locations in the capital, Kampala.

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Official statistics reveal that about 23% of Uganda’s population – some 8.5 million people – are Internet users.

 

This wireless network is part of a wider project to step up web infrastructure in Africa a move which has seen Google already lay about 800km of cables to establish a fibre optic network in Uganda.