Internet speed and reliability in southern Africa is crappy. As bad as I’ve seen anywhere in the world.

We postulate that there are not enough cables running under the ocean …

NOT SO.

Oh sure: cables in the Atlantic have a higher capacity than a cable going down the coast of East Africa. … Not to say the cables in Africa are less useful, in fact many are newer…

Africa is in pretty good shape because multiple new cables have been laid so capacity can grow for many years to come, and cables are designed to last for a minimum 25 years.

CNN – This is what the Internet actually looks like: The undersea cables wiring the Earth

So — we should blame the Internet Service Providers of Africa. The “pipes” are not the problem.