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Vodacom Group increased capital expenditure in its South African operation by more than 10% in the last year as it fought to regain network leadership from rival MTN.

New research from credible network speed-testing services has put Vodacom ahead of rival MTN in terms of the speed available on their respective networks as the two battle it out over which has the fastest infrastructure.

New data from Ookla, which runs the popular Speedtest.net website, shows SA has slipped to sixth place among African nations in terms of Internet speeds, ranking below Zimbabwe. African countries with speedier average download connections are Ghana, in first place with an average throughput of 5,7Mbit/s, as well as Kenya (4,9Mbit/s), Angola