In pictures: Nairobi’s digital divide

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

Africa may have new fibre-optic internet links, but the continent’s extremes mean that even gaining access to the web is a challenge for many of the continent’s poor. Find more pictures here

In kibera, a sprawling shanty town not far from some of Nairobi's most important addresses, there are few signs of teh new fibre optic broadband. here, just getting online is a challenge and teh costs are high

In Kibera, a sprawling shanty town not far from some of Nairobi's most important addresses, there are few signs of the new fibre optic broadband. here, just getting online is a challenge and the costs are high

Away from Kibera, though, change is afoot. Many of Nairobi's coffee shops now offer free or low-cost wireless Internet, and tech ethusisats have access to the latest computers and 3G mobile phones

In Nairobi, fibre optic links are being rolled out in the city centre. Coils of cable are common sight as are the bobbing heads of workmesn digging trenches. The men are paid appr 1.40 USD for every metre laid