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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WIOCC's data centre venture will have 100 live edge data centres in its portfolio by the end of this year, following confirmation that nine new edge facilities are now in the works.
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The EllaLink international submarine cable recently went live in Praia, Cape Verde.
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Africa Data Centres, part of the Cassava Technologies Group, has announced plans to build a 30MW data centre facility in Accra, Ghana.
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Data centre operator Vantage is to use 87MW of solar power for its new Johannesburg campus, which is due to open next month.
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Internet usage patterns in majority Muslim countries changed drastically as they observed Ramadan according to research from Ookla.
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Airtel Africa has bought additional spectrum worth around US$42 million in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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DE-CIX is setting up interconnection platforms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Libya and Nigeria as the start of a plan to expand through Africa.
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Regulators in Nigeria and Mozambique have approved the start of broadband satellite services via Starlink, part of Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
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African operator MTN is to sell BT’s business solutions to its customers under a deal between the two companies which also affects MTN’s wholesale relationship.
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Colt has selected connectivity provider Nour Global to provide MPLS and internet services across the Middle East.
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Senegalese telco Free has entered into a five-year partnership with Avanti Communications to build and host a new satellite gateway in Senegal.
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Djibouti Telecom confirms the landing of the 2Africa subsea cable in Djibouti.
