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Angola to get international fibre-optic connection

04 Apr 2016 - by Staff reporter
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Angola’s central bank, the BDA, has arranged a loan of over R1.6 billion from two Japanese banks.

This is to be invested in submarine fibre optic cables, giving the country a high-speed international connection.

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