High-speed access remains scarce in Africa due to a lack of consumer spending power and a fractured, unreliable power grid. Cassava Technologies, a spinout of an African telecom firm, aims to change that
. Utility companies have struggled to provide consistent access to power and where it is available it is costly, Pemhiwa says, adding that in many countries 12 hour blackouts are not uncommon and even in places such as South Africa multi-hour disruptions still occur.
Cassava is also building Sasai, a "super app" it hopes will play a role in Africa akin to WeChat in China.Between the lines
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