The internet café industry world wide is a growing sector particularly with the advent of the gaming centre, what are the prospects of building an internet café chain in African countries and issues to consider? Some of you might be aware of this study conducted in 2002, which tackles some of the issues and is a good introduction to the issues to consider………

Internet cafés in Dar es Salaam: Problems and Opportunities Recommendations for eThinkTank Tanzania (2002)

Having continued to study this field, it is overly apparent that an internet cafe chain is the best way of achieving lower prices for the consumer and better profitability for the investor. I am looking for the most appropriate technical solutions to connect a multinational internet cafe chain. What comes to mind is a VSAT system used by many organisations such as United Nations, Shell Oil Company, African Development Bank, African Banking Corp etc. They are usually monitored and controlled from a single network operations centre. Is a VPN suitable and cost effective solution for a multinational internet cafe chain? What are the technical implications?