The United Nations has urged African governments to deepen broadband penetration in their various countries as a way of bringing about development towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Already, Nigeria’s broadband penetration is put at 20 percent while the government is working towards achieving 30% broadband penetration by 2018.

This was made known during the 2017 Spring Meeting in Hong Kong, China, where the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, a body under the United Nations , stressed that currently, about five billion people are without mobile broadband access, a number which represent the majority of people in the rural communities.

The Co-Chair of the Broadband Commission, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, while speaking highlighted that ICT being a catalyst for making economies and societies better is a motivating force to the commission in wanting to have the global community connected .

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