IMount Kilimanjaro yeyona ndawo inomtsalane kubakhenkethi eTanzania, inabantu abamalunga nama-35,000 abazama ukonyusa incopho yayo minyaka le.
Kule veki, kwinto amagosa aseTanzania ayibiza ngokuba 'yimbali', "uphahla lwaseAfrika" luqhagamshelwe kwi-Intanethi okokuqala ngqa.
Umphathiswa wezolwazi welizwe, uNape Nnauye, ubhengeze ukuba uphawu lwesizwe ngoku lusemthethweni kwi-intanethi, emva kwe Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation ibhengeze ukusungulwa kwenethiwekhi ye-intanethi ye-intanethi ukuze ikhonze iMount Kilimanjaro.
“Yonwabela i-intanethi ekhawulezayo namhlanje [e-Kilimanjaro],” utshilo uMphathiswa Nnauye.
“Bonke abatyeleli baya kuqhagamshelwa … [ukuya kuthi ga] kweli nqanaba lentaba,” wongeze ngelitshoyo xa wayetyelele kwindawo yeenkampu zaseHorombo Huts.
Ukuqaliswa kwenethiwekhi entsha kwandisa uxhulumaniso lwewebhu olukhawulezayo ngamawaka eenyawo ngaphezu komphakamo wolwandle, okuzisa i-Intanethi kweyona ntaba iphakamileyo kwilizwekazi.
Ngencopho yayo ye-Uhuru ephakame malunga neemitha ezingama-19,290, iNtaba iKilimanjaro yeyona inde eAfrika, kwaye ngoku ibamba izixhobo zebroadband kumphakamo oziimitha ezingama-12,200, kufutshane nenkampu yaseHorombo Huts kwindlela eya engqungqutheleni.
Ngoku ka Thanzaniya' Umphathiswa uNnauye, intaba kulindeleke ukuba iqhagamshelwe kwi-Intanethi ngexesha elithile ekupheleni kuka-2022, kodwa akukho mhla uchaziweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Liqaqobana nje elincinane labakhweli elifikelela ngokuphumelelayo kwincopho yeNtaba iKilimanjaro, nangona le ntaba, ngoxa iyeyona inde eAfrika, ikude ukuba ibe yeyona inde ehlabathini.
I-Kilimanjaro isencinci zizigebenga ezifana ne-K2 kuluhlu lwe-Karakoram kumda wePakistan, i-China kunye ne-Indiya, okanye i-Mount Everest edume kwihlabathi lonke kwi-Himalayas.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- According to Tanzania‘s Minister Nnauye, the summit of the mountain is expected to be connected to the Internet sometime by the end of 2022, but no specific date was given so far.
- Ukuqaliswa kwenethiwekhi entsha kwandisa uxhulumaniso lwewebhu olukhawulezayo ngamawaka eenyawo ngaphezu komphakamo wolwandle, okuzisa i-Intanethi kweyona ntaba iphakamileyo kwilizwekazi.
- With its Uhuru peak rising some 19,290 feet, Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's tallest, and it now hosts broadband gear at an altitude of 12,200 feet, near the Horombo Huts camp on the path to the summit.
