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8 February 2012 Last updated at 06:25 ET

How the world was connected

Watch how the world woke up to the power of broadband, using our interactive map.

Out of Africa Kenya fights to become an outsourcing destination

Cable cuts Is infighting threatening to sabotage Kenya's broadband future?

Archive stories

New Africa broadband link 'ready'

New high-speed internet cable to connect East Africa with world
'Africans to gain' from web plan
Cable fault cuts off West Africa
Bold Rwanda takes broadband leap
West Africa net service restored

Features

What's your connection?

African readers of BBC News online tell us how the internet changed their lives
Hi-tech ambitions

Entrepreneurs aim to put Kenya on the digital map
Easy money

How mobile banking is transforming Africa
Getting animated

Kenya's growing graphic design industry
First-timers

A Nigerian village goes online for the first time
Life lines

The arrival of fast internet will boost mobile phone innovation
Riding the express

Broadband could be Africa's biggest infrastructure investment since the Uganda railway

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