Special equipment " matatu " as vans are called in Swahili , is part of an experiment the company Safaricom, which wants to become " unbound " Africa in a place where there is Internet .
After getting into the vehicle Muenda Kanyange updated their status on Facebook and calm surf the Internet while traveling nearly an hour home. " It's pretty boring , so it is good to have Wi-Fi", states 23 -year-old student.
Technology companies across the world are trying to reach billions of people into the middle class , many of whom live in Africa precisely . Only about 16% of the people on the continent have a website , according to information from the International Telecommunication Union . The data show that Africa lags behind Asia and the Arab countries where people have access to the internet are 32% and 38% , says Wall Street Journal.
But Africa is the fastest growing region when it comes to access to the Internet via the phone . The advent of mobile broadband services increased by 11 percent last year compared to last . The key to this growth is the way to connect people who even phone calls can be very expensive .
Google, Facebook and other companies funded groups such as the Alliance for Affordable internet working to reduce the cost of Internet services worldwide. Intel did collaborate with handset makers in Africa and lobbying for the removal of the price of smartphones that run on Intel processors.
There are better places in Africa from Kenya to create technology companies . Much of the technology incubators are located in Nairobi. Almost half of the population uses the Internet in some form , according to the government. Against this background , the wireless internet in Kenya is still c
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