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Sustainable green broadband solutions for bridging the digital divide in Africa: A technical survey of feasible and affordable broadband solutions for rural Africa

S. Mangeni, Hassan Hamdounm, K. Ennser, Y.K Dwivedi, J. Mubiru, Karin Ennser

IEEE Africon, Pages: 1 - 5

Swansea University Author: Karin Ennser

DOI (Published version): 10.1109/AFRCON.2013.6757777

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The opportunities for green communications in Africa are many. In a consortium of academics and researchers from UK and African Universities, the authors diligently take advantage of the abundant sun, and natural African environment to present potential, practical and feasible green solutions to ena...

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