Africa’s tallest mountain will achieve peak social media via a new high-speed internet connection enabling trekkers to post instant selfies from the summit.
Bringing broadband to Mount Kilimanjaro will improve its appeal to tourists and keep them safer, said Nape Nnauve, Tanzania’s information minister. “The internet access will enable them to make a call right from the freezing point,” he said.
The 5,895m (19,340ft) mountain is key to ambitions by the east African nation to reboot its tourism sector, which contributes 18 per cent of its GDP. Kilimanjaro draws up to 50,000 visitors a year and having access to the internet would not only make the ascent to the “Roof of Africa” less onerous but would also boost the profile of the Unesco world heritage
