CSquared is playing a pivotal role in building Africa's digital infrastructure, evolving from a Google initiative into a multi-market player focused on open-access networks. Napoleon Mengot, Group Strategy Manager and DRC Country Manager, highlights the company's efforts to achieve a Digitally Connected Africa by 2030 through collaboration and strategic expansion.

• CSquared began as a Google Project Link in 2011, becoming an autonomous company in 2023 with Convergence Partners as its largest investor.
• The company operates in Togo, Kenya, the DRC, Ghana, and Liberia, building backbone and metropolitan fiber networks, and offering last-mile connectivity.
• CSquared's open-access model aims to lower costs and accelerate connectivity, with a goal to make internet costs around 2% of the average salary in each market.
• A 10% increase in internet penetration can raise a country's GDP by 2.5%.
• By 2030, CSquared envisions a significant boom in data centers and fiber infrastructure across Africa, emphasizing talent investment in fields like AI.