{"id":97735,"date":"2025-10-01T21:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T21:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/97735\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T21:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T21:22:08","slug":"internet-service-provider-mawingu-secures-20m-to-expand-rural-internet-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/97735\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Service Provider Mawingu secures $20M to Expand Rural Internet in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>East Africa\u2019s largest rural-focused internet service provider, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mawingu.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mawingu<\/a><\/strong>, has raised <strong>$20 million<\/strong> from the <strong>Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund II (PRIF II)<\/strong> to scale internet access across underserved communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fixed broadband adoption remains low in Sub-Saharan Africa, reaching only about <strong>12% of households<\/strong>. Expanding affordable connectivity could fuel economic growth \u2014 with the World Bank estimating a <strong>1.38% GDP boost<\/strong> for every 10% increase in broadband penetration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The big picture<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mawingu plans to impact <strong>1 million people by 2028<\/strong>, using a \u201cbuy-and-build\u201d strategy that combines acquisitions of local ISPs with new digital infrastructure in rural and peri-urban markets.<\/li>\n<li>The company has already expanded into <strong>Tanzania<\/strong> through its 2024 acquisition of <strong>Habari<\/strong>, securing a national license and adding more than <strong>3,000 users<\/strong> across 9 regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What they\u2019re saying:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cThis latest funding marks a significant milestone for Mawingu, moving closer to our goal of positively impacting 1 million people in Africa by 2028,\u201d said <strong>Farouk Ramji<\/strong>, CEO of Mawingu.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMawingu\u2019s disciplined growth in underserved markets makes them an ideal partner. We\u2019re excited to support their mission of expanding meaningful connectivity where it\u2019s needed most,\u201d said <strong>Ridwaan Tayob<\/strong> of PRIF II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Zoom out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mawingu\u2019s expansion comes as demand for affordable household internet surges across Africa, where mobile internet dominates but fixed broadband lags due to high capital costs and geographic barriers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"East Africa\u2019s largest rural-focused internet service provider, Mawingu, has raised $20 million from the Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[259],"tags":[18,19,285,17,11008,2861,61987,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-97735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-internet","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-isp","13":"tag-kenya","14":"tag-mawingu","15":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}