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Research company CEO Muriuki Mureithi also used the AfPIF conference to highlight the effect border taxes have on driving up prices. "It may be because of lack of understanding of internet business, but some African countries insist fibre operators crossing the border must pay license fees, which in some cases is prohibitive,” she said. Landlocked countries that do not have direct access to submarine fibre optics are especially affected. For Mureithi the remedy lies in adopting the European Union’s model, wherein telecommunications are exempt from cross-border taxation. More