In 2024, Zimbabwe's mobile data traffic grew by 35 %, which put a lot of stress on the backhaul infrastructure [1]. Microwave links have limited capacity, and fibre is expensive in rough terrain. Free-Space Optics (FSO) is a solution that uses light beams to send data at speeds similar to fibre optics. This makes it possible to quickly deploy 5G and 6G in both rural and urban ...