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Benya Capital<\/a>has signed a USD 500 mn agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo to set up a national fiber optic network on the sidelines of the Cairo ICT expo, Hapi Journal<\/a> reports. The Egyptian IT infrastructure provider inked an initial agreement<\/a> with the DRC in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benya Capitalhas signed a USD 500 mn agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo to set up a national fiber optic network on the sidelines of the Cairo ICT expo, Hapi Journal reports. 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