<div dir="ltr"><div>Good day all,</div><div><br></div><div>The Big Internet companies are turning into ISPs. For most African countries it will be a welcome infrastructure development but "arguments" and "wars" on regulation policies for their other interests and conglomerations like Social Media and General News will be fought from a position of weakness.<br></div><div><br></div><div><u><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><a href="https://restofworld.org/2022/google-meta-underwater-cables/">https://restofworld.org/2022/google-meta-underwater-cables/</a></span></u></div><div><div><br></div><div>I've also noticed a strange similarity in #African
countries where interconnectivity is relatively poor but so is trade even
with AfCFTA that increases the scope of trade to include services, IP rights and even e-commerce.</div><div><br></div><div><u><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/research/intra-african-trade-a-path-to-economic-diversification-and-inclusion/">https://www.brookings.edu/research/intra-african-trade-a-path-to-economic-diversification-and-inclusion/</a></span></u></div><u><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"></span></u></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Regards,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Adrian Teri</span><br></div></div></div></div></div>