Africa
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The London Internet Exchange (LINX) is continuing to expand in Africa, launching a new Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Ghana. -
The London Internet Exchange (LINX) unveiled plans to expand its service in Kenya with the launch of LINX Mombasa to extend its growing network on the continent.
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The mobile industry’s contribution to Sub-Saharan Africa's GDP is projected to reach $170 billion by 2030, provided that challenges such as connectivity gaps and energy costs are resolved, according to a new GSMA report.
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Angola Cables has launched a European subsidiary, TelCables Europe, to bring its digital solutions to customers across Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Sofibanque, one of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) biggest banks, is leveraging co-location services at the OADC Kinshasa data centre site.
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RETN has issued a stark warning that the impact of the February 2024 cable cuts in the Red Sea, which were originally reported to have affected 25% of Europe-Asia data traffic, was severely underestimated.
Forthcoming events
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Nigerian customers of SpaceX’s Starlink service will pay only US$99 for their starter kit, only a sixth of the $599 that US customers have to pay.
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Hurricane Electric has deployed a new point of presence at the iColo data centre in Mombasa, MBA One.
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Malawi has set up its first National Data Centre, to provide big data, artificial intelligence, digital financial services and the internet of things (IoT).
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Vantage Data Centres has announced the opening of its first facility on its Johannesburg campus.
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Telecom Namibia will invest US$134 million into its infrastructure as it looks to address an urgent need to promote and invest in digital infrastructure in the country.
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South Africa’s MTN is in talks to buy its domestic rival Telkom, the operator revealed in an announcement earlier today.
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State-owned electricity company Kenya Power is to compete with Safaricom and other operators to offer fixed internet services.
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Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia will start launching services between next month and April 2023, the company announced today in Addis Ababa, the capital.
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Africa’s MTN group has announced three new CEOs, all of them women, and two of them CEOs for the first time. They take up their posts on 1 September.
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Safaricom has delayed the launch of services in Ethiopia, originally expected in April, and is not yet giving a new date.
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The Nigerian regulator has criticised mobile operators’ coverage of the country, while urging victors in a recent auction to start rolling out 5G services on the 3.5GHz spectrum in August.
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South African telco Cell C is planning to deploy 5G in the country imminently, its chief technology officer Schalk Visser revealed to local press.
