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Africa is being left behind in 5G revolution

The continent is still battling to roll out 4G, which will see it miss out on ultrasmart industrial production transformation

02 July 2023 - 00:01

Imagine ultrasmart container ports where a 5G network is deployed to remote-control gantry cranes and seamlessly transfers shipping containers from freight trains onto ships, and vice versa...

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