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– Why West Africa needs better internet laws (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News September 26, 2017

The Media Foundation for West Africa has identified lack of effective internet-specific legal frameworks, inadequate infrastructure and high cost of data as major challenges in the internet sector in West Africa.
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