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.
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EQT confirms that the EQT Infrastructure V fund has held its final close at €15.7 billion in 'fee-generating assets'.
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Communication service providers believe that AI software is key to reducing network energy demand and emissions, according to research from Nokia and GSMA Intelligence.
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Airtel Africa and UNICEF have signed a five-year "multi-million dollar" partnership to scale-up digital learning for children across 13 African countries.
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Vodafone Foundation has launched an international search for climate change research partners to help expand the focus of its DreamLab smartphone app.
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Oracle is launching a series of new cloud regions using Orange’s infrastructure in Senegal and Ivory Coast.
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Orange and Liquid Intelligent Technologies will partner to expand network reach in Africa.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from geopolitics in TMT to sustainability in Poland.
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IBM has published the results of its latest global study on cloud transformation which has found that there is drastic shift in business needs positioning hybrid cloud as the dominant IT architecture.
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MTN Nigeria is planning to raise the equivalent of almost US$220 million in a bond issue to expand its 4G network.
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Orange, Veon and Telenor have published their Q3 financial results, with Airtel Africa also releasing its half year trading update.
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Seacom, the pan-African telco, has completed the acquisition of Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network in Kenya.
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Satellite company OneWeb is moving into Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Middle East and east Africa following a deal with a local company.
