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Slow internet connections to persist, warns CA

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What you need to know:

  • Leading service providers such as Safaricom, Airtel and Jamii Telecommunications Ltd have laid tens of thousands of kilomteres of fibre-optic cables across major towns targeting to connect homes and businesses.
  • This has enabled telecoms companies to roll out 4G and 5G mobile network which offer faster internet speed, enabling reliable services such as video streaming on mobile phones.

Kenya’s telecommunications regulator has warned the unresolved on-and-off intenet disruptions which hit East Africa countries Sunday evening will persist in the coming days, asking service providers such as Safaricom to tap alternative routes.

Homes and businesses in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and a host of other countries are experiencing slow internet connection speeds following a cut on deep-sea fibre cables at Mtunzini, a small coastal town in South Africa.