by Ehsan Bayat | Nov 2, 2017 | Afghanistan, Business, Construction, Economy, Infrastructure, Technology, Transportation
The history of Afghanistan is long and illustrious – in fact, it is the geographical home to some of the most ancient civilizations known to man. Archeologists suggest humans lived in Afghanistan at least 50,000 years ago, and some of the world’s earlier farming...
by Ehsan Bayat | Oct 26, 2017 | Afghanistan, Communication, Construction, Education, Infrastructure, Learning, Philanthropy, Transportation
While Afghanistan has faced a great deal of political and social turmoil over the past few decades, it has still been able to achieve considerable progress in educating its citizens. In fact, some might even call Afghanistan an educational success story. Only 21...
by Ehsan Bayat | Oct 19, 2017 | Afghanistan, Business, Communication, Construction, Economy, Infrastructure, Technology, Telecommunication
Some a little forward movement is all you need to start a larger trajectory toward progress. In the case of Afghanistan, a country struggling to overcome years of warfare, this statement is particularly true. Diminished over three decades of conflict and instability,...
by Ehsan Bayat | Sep 28, 2017 | Business, Commerce, Construction, Education, Infrastructure, Technology, Telecommunication
One of the primary components of telecommunications infrastructure is fiber optic cable. Nearly all of the world’s international data travels through 350 undersea cables stretching more than 550,000 miles. Almost every nation on earth is connected by this fascinating...
by Ehsan Bayat | Sep 21, 2017 | Architecture, Business, Construction, Infrastructure, Middle East, Social Media, Telecommunication
Building telecommunications systems—the physical equipment that carries data like text messages and Facebook posts from device to device—is no easy task, as one might imagine. The development of telecom infrastructure is a complex, expensive, and time-consuming...
by Ehsan Bayat | Sep 14, 2017 | Africa, Business, Construction, Egypt, Energy, Infrastructure, Middle East
Several years ago, Egypt experienced a terrible energy crisis. In 2013, for example, the country only produced 24,000 megawatts of electricity—much less than the 29,000 megawatts it needed. In 2014, the demand for power dwarfed supply by more than 15 percent, leading...
