Cell phones and Internet connectivity could reach all of Africa at low cost, ending the economic isolation of hundreds of millions of people. Some reasonable estimates put the cost at around $1 billion for an Africa-wide fiber-optic network that could bring Internet connectivity and telephone service across the continent’s villages and cities.
在经济孤立方面，非洲需要得到最基本的帮助—公路和港口—但也有采用“跨越式”技术的机会。移动电话和因特网联接能够以低成本在非洲普及，从而结束亿万非洲人的经济孤立状态。一些合理的估计显示建设一个全非洲范围的光纤通信网的成本约为10亿美金。而这就能将因特网和电话服务引入到非洲大陆上的所有城市和乡村。