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Kenya's largest telecoms operator Safaricom has launched its 5G high-speed internet service, becoming the first firm to deploy the technology commercially in East Africa.

Peter Ndegwa is the Chief Executive Officer of Safaricom. He told Newsday: 鈥�5G ushers in a new era of possibilities鈥�5G will unleash the power of connectivity with high speeds鈥�yes we do only have 200,000 devices at the moment and the cost of these devices is high but we know just like with 4G that the cost is going to start to reduce.鈥�

(Picture: Group of African children using laptop in their village in Kenya, East Africa. Credit: Getty Images.)