If you take a look at an Internet penetration map[1] you will see that most of the cables around Africa have only a few big "customers": Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria

If you take a look at an Internet penetration map[1] you will see that most of the cables around Africa have only a few big "customers": Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa. If you compare that map with a GDP map you will also see why: poor countries, without terrestrial infrastructure and some with unstable political situations. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_Penetration.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_Penetration.png