Google launches Wi-Fi network in East African country

Tech giant Google, has launched its first wi-fi network in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, as part of a project to expand access to affordable high-speed internet in the country.

Google will be making the broadband wireless network available to local internet service providers, who will in turn charge customers for access.

According to a Today.ng report, Google says the network is currently live in 120 key locations in the capital, Kampala.

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Official statistics reveal that about 23% of Uganda’s population – some 8.5 million people – are Internet users.

This wireless network is part of a wider project to step up web infrastructure in Africa a move which has seen Google already lay about 800km of cables to establish a fibre optic network in Uganda.