Market
The last-mile connectivity gap in West Africa
500M+ rural Africans without reliable internet. A $15B+ annual spend opportunity. Signal Mesh is built for the bottom of that market — with a content distribution layer no competitor offers.
0%
of rural Liberia unconnected
ITU 2024
0.0M
total population of Liberia
World Bank
$0/mo
target ARPU per subscriber
Pilot model
0
counties in Liberia to eventually serve
LISGIS
$0K/mo
projected revenue at 500 Signal Mesh nodes
Business model
$0
cost of nearest comparable product
Mesh++ S618
Mobile internet usage — Liberia vs. benchmarks.
Source: ITU 2024 / GSMA
Sizing the opportunity.
TAM
Total Addressable Market
500M+ rural Sub-Saharan Africans without reliable internet — $15B+ annual connectivity spend potential.
SAM
Serviceable Addressable Market
West Africa ECOWAS — Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire — ~15M rural unconnected. $300M+ annual.
SOM (Year 3)
Serviceable Obtainable
1,000 Signal Mesh deployments in Liberia rural communities. $2.4M ARR at $200/node/month avg.
Unit economics
Self-sustaining in two months.
Hardware cost
$172 COGS
Retail price
$219
Monthly backhaul
$50 (4G or Starlink share)
Avg subscribers/node
80
Avg ARPU
$2.50/month
Subscriber revenue/node
$200
CDN partner revenue/node
$50–62
Total monthly revenue/node
$250–262
Hardware payback
< 1 month
Competitive positioning.
The community-affordable zone is empty. Signal Mesh fills it.
ECOWAS expansion path.
Liberia
Year 1
Sierra Leone
Year 2
Guinea
Year 2
Côte d'Ivoire
Year 3
Ghana
Year 3
Nigeria
Long-term
Year 1: Liberia · Year 2: Sierra Leone + Guinea · Year 3: Côte d'Ivoire + Ghana