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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South African operator MTN is to modernise its network in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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At the start of the year, Capacity reported on news that the marine installation of the Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express (SHARE) subsea cable system, was completed.
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Kenyan operator Safaricom is to use Intelsat satellites to expand LTE coverage to more subscribers across the country
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Safaricom Ethiopia, the new telecoms operator that will compete with Ethio Telecom from April, has signed a dark fibre agreement with the nation’s electricity grid company
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from tower sales to contract announcements and the use cases for 6G.
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Airtel Africa has extended its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Helios Towers and will not be renewing its agreement with the telco in Chad.
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The economic potential of unlicensed access to the 6 GHz band could add up to US$187.63 billion to the Indonesian economy, and up an accumulated $150.19 billion to the economies of Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.
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The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has said it has registered six participants for its spectrum auction.
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African group MTN is following the example of the former Liquid Telecom and rebranding to reflect its status as a technology company.
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Capacity is now accepting entries for its annual 20 Women to Watch power list!
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400Gbps technologies are expected to drive service provider router market growth, according to a report by Dell’Oro Group.
