Kenya connects through Google’s "balloons"

(Summary)

In Africa 78% of population didn't have access to the Internet in 2019 owing to several obstacles like tough landscapes, high cost of developing telecom infrastructure and limitations of thechnology.
Google and Kenyan telecommunications provider, Telkom, have launched internet powered balloons. These solar-powered balloons provide 4G connectivity and will cover wide area in central and western Kenya and allow users to access the Internet including emails and YouTube with about 35 balloons.
The downsides to work on from now on are to extend usable time and to drive the balloons' position accurately.

(My Signal)

I predict that Google will overcome the problem about controlling balloons' directions by developing their machine learning technology. 
https://wired.jp/2017/03/27/machine-learning-drifting/

As for limitation of usable time, they will improve quality of solerpower butteries to store the energy as well. 
These tasks look to be solved in not so far future and it's a reason why they have continued the Loon project. 
On the other hand, Google, Facebook and other companies have been working on improving submarine cables to improve internet connectivity. They're already working and had technical fault occurred.
 https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/african-internet-slows-after-undersea-cables-break/

It is certain that African internet connection will be improved more with various ways of infrastructure.

I'd like to image how Africa will change by the telecom infrastructure. But honestly I don't know the reality of recent African lives and what they really want. The other day I had an opportunity to listen and talk to a Japanese woman who has been working for her own business in Rwanda through Zoom. 
https://www.kisekirwandatravel.com/

I'm gonna ask her what and how future Rwandan people expect by improving their infrastructure next time.