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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Three African operators are planning to uprade a terrestrial fibre link connecting from Port-Sudan on the Red Sea in Sudan to Kribi on the Atlantic Ocean in Cameroon via Chad.
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Ethiopia’s Amhara Bank has signed an agreement with Ethio Telecom to use the incumbent operator’s data centres to improve service to customers.
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Ethiopia’s new competitive telecoms operator has missed its deadline for launch, and is not giving any information about a new date.
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Operators in Nigeria have blocked access to 73 million customers, in a security clamp-down by the federal government.
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Ciudad Infrastructure, which runs OneData Nigeria, has signed up with TIM’s Sparkle for international connectivity.
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MTN GlobalConnect has acquired MTN Business Kenya, allowing it to expand its digital wholesale and infrastructure services into the Kenyan market.
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Hormuud Telecom has today been awarded with the country’s first Mobile Money Certification by the global mobile network operators’ industry body, GSMA for its EVC Plus product.
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Raxio Group is to build and operate what it has described as a "metro edge" colocation data centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Drawing on its years-long work connecting clients through data centres, WIOCC has launched its own venture, leveraging its network to build the cloud infrastructure Africa needs. CEO Chris Wood shares the details with Melanie Mingas
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Tizeti, a West African solar-based internet service provider, has partnered with Microsoft to deploy high-speed Airband internet infrastructure in Oyo State, Nigeria.
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The government of Ethiopia has postponed its sale of 40% of state-controlled Ethio Telecom, blaming “recent developments and fast-moving macroeconomic changes”.
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New deals, markets and people gave Digital Realty a bumper year-end. Recently appointed president Andrew Power tells Melanie Mingas how it all fits into the firm’s wider strategy
