[throwaway4good]

It will come from the rest of the world. A 10 mio people city in Africa needs just as many 5G base stations as a 10 mio people city in the US.

[jsiepkes]

I highly doubt Africa cares about 5G as much as the west does. Someone will need to pay for that stuff and 5G also needs to be hooked up to a backhaul which supports 5G speeds.

[nothercastle]

Their 5g is their primary internet. Land lines are mostly a western luxury. High end phones are probably not in play but lower end ones are

[vikramkr]

It's way more efficient and logical to skip right to high speed mobile data than build out cable/optical/landline infrastructure

[theturtletalks]

China tends to offer these countries loans and even subsidies so they can build that infrastructure. Trade off is that China will control that part of that country’s operations for the foreseeable future. It’s how they came to control many ports in developing countries.