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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Digital Realty has entered into two new partnerships with Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund that will see it take PlatformDIGITAL to new African markets.
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Raxio Group has invested in the first carrier-neutral Tier III data centre in Ivory Coast as it looks to expand its African footprint.
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Africell has opened a new data centre in Angola, after signing a new partnership with Angola Cables.
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The 17th annual Global Carrier Awards (GCAs) was back live in London during this year's Capacity Europe conference.
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In a two-part panel session DOCOMO Digital's Filippo Giachi and Rahul Mughal unpack the booming sector that is cloud gaming, to mixed views.
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Capacity Europe panellists discuss the role of terrestrial fibre networks in subsea cable networks across the African continent.
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Nominations are now open for next year's Datacloud Awards, scheduled to return to Monaco in April.
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Global IXP provider, Asteroid confirms the deployment of its Internet exchange point (IXP) within the PAIX cloud-and-carrier neutral data centre in Nairobi, Kenya.
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The South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) has seen a tenfold increase in traffic as major telco players look for direct access to markets in the US and South America.
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South African telcos Vodacom and MTN have joined Telkom SA’s case against the country’s regulator ICASA over plans to remove temporarily allocated spectrum.
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Meet Subspace, the ambitious start-up that aims to optimise the internet for real-time services. Natalie Bannerman speaks to its co-founder and CTO, William King, on how the idea for the business came about, and what it means for telcos and the gaming sector
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Marynet Bassily, director of procurement and supply chain, EMEA at Vantage Data Centers, explains how she has overcome many obstacles to establish a career spanning construction and telecoms – and how she is encouraging her company and the wider industry to focus on inclusivity
