The African School of Economics (ASE) has partnered with universities in Africa and Finland to launch Africa's first 5G Mokki Tech Space, which is a network of immersive digital learning and remote work environments that are connected via fifth-generation mobile communication technology. The modular tech spaces will help local communities access high-technology education, remote job creation and digital entrepreneurship.
The tech spaces enable new types of trans-continental studies combining technology and business, and new products and services can be developed to meet local requirements. Compared to the technology standards preceding it, fifth-generation wireless communication technology will enable data connections that are a hundred times faster on mobile devices and ten times faster than the fastest fixed broadband services currently available.
Cosmas Zavazava, director of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), highlighted the potential of universities' 5G learning and innovation environments in tailoring the development of new products and services to local requirements.
