Mount Kilimanjaro’s highest point, dubbed the Uhuru peak, now has high-speed internet access thanks to the Tanzanian government.
The project to bring connectivity to Africa’s highest mountain made headway last year between August and December when internet access was expanded from all rest camps below 3 795 metres to the peak which is at 5 895 metres.
This allows tourists and hikers alike to capture and share their experiences as they attempt to summit the mountain in real-time.
The high-speed network is part of the National ICT broadband backbone network project which is owned by the Tanzanian Telecommunications Corporation in partnership with Huawei Tanzania.
‘The connection of Africa’s highest peak brings hope and strength to the people of Tanzania and makes Tanzanians proud of their country once again,’ said Tanzania’s Minister for Information, Communications and ICT, Nape Moses Nnauye, adding that the project would help to promote the country’s tourism resources to the rest of the world.
Kilimanjaro is a Unesco World Heritage Site that attracts around 35 000 climbers annually, providing employment to more than 10 000 local people and contributing an estimated $50 million (R853 million) to Tanzania’s tourism economy annually, according to the World Bank.
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