How the world was connected
See how the broadband network has grown and high speed internet use expanded rapidly across the globe

National pride
Rwanda prepares to take a high-speed broadband leap

Broadband 'ready'
New high-speed internet cable to connect East Africa with world

Riding the digital express
Cables could be as important as the railways

Mobiles offer lifelines in Africa
Phones show how internet use may develop

'Africans to gain' from web plan
A new collaboration will bring high-speed internet to three billion people in Africa and beyond.

Cable fault cuts off West Africa
Internet and phone services are disrupted across West Africa following damage to an undersea cable.

Laptops for Africa
Nigerian pupils and teachers explain the transforming potential of the $100 laptop project in this audio slideshow.

Testing XO's wider market appeal
What does a youngster in the developed world make of the $100 laptop?

How can the web go worldwide
Many nations are being left behind in the global dash to harness the net.

Hi-tech innovator
Rwandans' internet hopes in audio and pictures

Cartoon motion
Spotlight on Kenya's young animation pioneers

Need for speed
What is required to run different applications?