I wanted mainly to highlight the still-very-serious lack of basic infrastructure that continues to plague many developing countries, even those supposedly at the cusp of making the giant leap into developed status. On the other hand, for some parts of Africa, the lack of legacy networks actually frees up their options for more up-to-date and better telecommunication technologies to be deployed more efficiently. This is partly because the traditional, wired telecommunication networks would, of course, often be destroyed in the disasters. Even the wireless telecommunication networks could be disrupted, for example, by power shortages or deliberate sabotage. These are food for thought and the brainstorming could continue to search for ways and means to sustainably address many problems in developing countries.

Source: Manila Times July 07, 2020 16:07 UTC