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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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world today.
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Two of South Africa’s fibre infrastructure companies are to come under unified control.
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An African investment group has increased its stake in South African broadband internet provider MetroFibre Networx to 37%, making it the biggest shareholder.
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5G upload speeds that support enterprise applications are disappointing according to Cellsmart’s Global Cellular Performance study.
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Flexential and Angola Cables are to extend the reach of the Monet cable to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Ethiopia’s state-owned operator has introduced a limited 5G service into the capital city, Addis Ababa.
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ZOL Zimbabwe has followed the rest of the Liquid Intelligent Technologies by renaming its home connectivity company as Liquid Home Zimbabwe.
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Vodafone Group’s Safaricom Ethiopia is launching the country’s first competitive network in the face of a blazing civil war. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks the company’s Matthew Harrison-Harvey how they’re managing to do it
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Zimbabwe state-owned operator TelOne has opened a data centre in the city of Bulawayo, as part of its national broadband plan.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world today.
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Kasi Cloud Ltd. yesterday broke ground on the first of its planned data centre campuses across Nigeria.
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Ethio Telecom and new rival Safaricom Ethiopia are close to a deal on infrastructure sharing and interconnection.
