Title: Google Brings High-Speed Internet to Uganda’s Capital

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/666/uganda_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Google Brings High-Speed Internet to Ugandas Capital' data-article-id='1037'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5688'>Technology company Google has brought reliable Internet connections to Kampala, Uganda.</span> <span data-start-time='5688' data-end-time='11667'>Google is expanding high-speed Internet in the city, the company said. </span> <span data-start-time='11667' data-end-time='17583'>The project includes 120 locations in the Ugandan capital. </span> <span data-start-time='17583' data-end-time='23542'>It is part of an attempt to improve web infrastructure in Africa.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='23542' data-end-time='30146'>Higher capacity means faster and cheaper access to customers. </span> <span data-start-time='30146' data-end-time='39667'>One day of unlimited data using the new network should cost 1,000 Ugandan shillings, the company said. </span> <span data-start-time='39667' data-end-time='43417'>That is equal to 30 American cents.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='43417' data-end-time='48917'>About 8.5 million people use the Internet in Uganda. </span> <span data-start-time='48917' data-end-time='53688'>That is about 23 percent of the country’s population. </span> <span data-start-time='53688' data-end-time='65938'>Many in that country use cellular phone technology, but Internet service is not popular because it was expensive before Google’s Project Link.</span> <span data-start-time='65938' data-end-time='72792'>Broadband access to the Internet is still hard to find in many places in Africa. </span> <span data-start-time='72792' data-end-time='79521'>Project Link moved into the Ghana cities of Accra and Kumasi this autumn.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='79521' data-end-time='84375'>Other big players on the Internet also aided Africa. </span> <span data-start-time='84375' data-end-time='91021'>Social media’s Facebook announced this fall better access to the Internet in Africa.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div 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Technology company Google has brought reliable Internet connections to Kampala, Uganda. Google is expanding high-speed Internet in the city, the company said. The project includes 120 locations in the Ugandan capital. It is part of an attempt to improve web infrastructure in Africa.

Higher capacity means faster and cheaper access to customers. One day of unlimited data using the new network should cost 1,000 Ugandan shillings, the company said. That is equal to 30 American cents.

About 8.5 million people use the Internet in Uganda. That is about 23 percent of the country’s population. Many in that country use cellular phone technology, but Internet service is not popular because it was expensive before Google’s Project Link. Broadband access to the Internet is still hard to find in many places in Africa. Project Link moved into the Ghana cities of Accra and Kumasi this autumn.

Other big players on the Internet also aided Africa. Social media’s Facebook announced this fall better access to the Internet in Africa.

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