But the lack of a speedy internet structure and limited access to credit cards still make crowd-funding a challenge on the continent.

BBC: Fespaco: How free are African artists?

We got the router 18 months ago to broadcast, using the Wi-Fi standard, our speedy Internet connection throughout the house, which is brimming with processing power: two laptops and two desktops.

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It has moved fastest in Mumbai, where it has laid 150 km of fibre-optic cable and is now offering speedy Internet access to the first of its 1.9m customers in the city.

ECONOMIST: The wiring of India

For years, Internet advocates have promised a speedy Web with no delays and real-time information.

CNN: Internet World '96 forecasts a brave, new cyberworld

New intelligence inside the latest Cisco gear will bring it all together, from video-ready Internet phones to security-hardened switches and a speedy new router that can, in a single second, move 11 trillion bytes of data, or roughly 11 million novels.

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