{"id":2851,"date":"2022-01-04T15:29:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T14:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/squire-technologies.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2022-05-24T14:31:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T13:31:15","slug":"embracing-hybrid-networks-to-help-serve-africas-digital-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/squire-technologies.co.uk\/blog\/embracing-hybrid-networks-to-help-serve-africas-digital-economy","title":{"rendered":"Embracing Hybrid Networks to Help Serve Africa&#8217;s Digital Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SanjeevBW_Circle_2021.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h1>\n<p><strong>Embracing Hybrid Networks to Serve Africa\u2019s Digital Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><span>Sanjeev Verma, CEO of Squire Technologies talks about embracing hybrid networks to help serve Africa&#8217;s digital economy<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/article_visual-scaled-e1641302706601.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2><strong>As Featured in Northern African Wireless Communications, Volume 20, Number 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><span>Fueled by a young tech savvy population Africa is the fastest growing continent on the planet and the focus of increased attention from foreign investors. 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