{"id":3037,"date":"2019-07-01T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liquid.tech\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3037"},"modified":"2024-08-01T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T11:00:01","slug":"liquid_intelligent_technologies_connects_south_sudan_to_one_africa_broadband_network_and_the_world","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/liquid.tech\/about-us\/news\/liquid_intelligent_technologies_connects_south_sudan_to_one_africa_broadband_network_and_the_world\/","title":{"rendered":"Liquid Intelligent Technologies connects South Sudan to &#8220;One Africa&#8221; broadband network and the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/liquid.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WebsiteThumbnail-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3028\" width=\"235\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/liquid.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WebsiteThumbnail-1.png 600w, https:\/\/liquid.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WebsiteThumbnail-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Intelligent Technologies will implement and operate South Sudan\u2019s first fibre broadband network, connecting the country to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/liquid.tech\/how_we_connected_cape_town_to_cairo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cOne Africa\u201d<\/a>\u00a0broadband network, which is approaching 70,000km across 13 African countries and to the rest of the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This breakthrough foreign direct investment by Liquid Intelligent Technologies has been recognised by His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of South Sudan. Ministers along with other national VIPs are joining senior executives from Liquid Intelligent Technologies during a symbolic fibre digging inauguration on Monday 1 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With phase one due to be completed before the end of 2019, Liquid Intelligent Technologies\u2019s network will eventually make reliable and affordable internet connectivity available for nearly 13 million citizens of South Sudan, as well as thousands of businesses, government institutions and non-governmental organisations. South Sudan will link to Liquid Intelligent Technologies\u2019s network across the region which covers the East African Community, a regional intergovernmental organisation of six partner states, the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, and Republic of Uganda. The Community connects up to 300 million people and stimulates cross-border investment and trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This transformative infrastructure will ultimately create a foundation for digital growth, innovation and prosperity in this young country, while supporting the Government of South Sudan\u2019s positive economic growth forecast over the next ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLiquid Intelligent Technologies is immensely proud to bring fibre connectivity to South Sudan for the first time,\u201d says Strive Masiyiwa, Executive Chairman of Econet Global and Liquid Intelligent Technologies. \u201cThis modern ICT infrastructure will help address the most pressing challenges within South Sudan, including the urgent need for peace and state building, job creation and improved livelihoods. South Sudan\u2019s 13 million citizens will be connected to 300 million people across the East African Community. Connecting South Sudan to the \u2018One Africa\u2019 broadband network will also champion pan-Africa trade and help build Africa\u2019s digital future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of South Sudan, commenting on this new partnership, says, \u201cThe implementation of this critical fibre infrastructure is a landmark step in the delivery of affordable communications access to the people of South Sudan, the business community, government and civil society. By connecting South Sudan to the global internet, this important infrastructure development will help improve social mobility, enable economic diversification and drive inclusive private sector-led growth and productive employment. The agreement is also ideally timed, coinciding with the signing of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first phase of the agreement signed between the Government of South Sudan\u2019s National Communication Authority and Liquid Intelligent Technologies will include a 300km fibre backbone operating from the border of Uganda, through South Sudan, to Juba. Multiple metro clusters will also support the capital city. This first phase is scheduled to go live in the last quarter of 2019. The network will be expanded to other cities in subsequent phases, in time supporting the country\u2019s 13 million citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Intelligent Technologies will implement and operate South Sudan\u2019s first fibre broadband network, connecting the country to the\u00a0\u201cOne Africa\u201d\u00a0broadband network, which is approaching 70,000km across 13 African countries and to the rest of the world. This breakthrough foreign direct investment by Liquid Intelligent Technologies has been recognised by His Excellency Salva [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3028,"template":"","news-cat":[33,37,38],"class_list":["post-3037","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-connectivity","news-cat-liquid-sea","news-cat-network"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Liquid Intelligent Technologies connects South Sudan to &quot;One Africa&quot; broadband network and the world | Liquid Intelligent Technologies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Liquid Intelligent Technologies connects South Sudan to One Africa Broadband Network, boosting connectivity and digital integration.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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