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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Liquid Technologies (Liquid) and Facebook have partnered to build an extensive long-haul and metro fibre network in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Asteroid International has expanded its Kenyan internet exchange service from Mombasa to Nairobi.
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Orange has resumed its services in the Central African Republic, more than three weeks after its network core and data centre in Bangui were destroyed in a fire.
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From monetising traffic to international regulations, Gareth Willmer examines the road ahead for IoT and the advances on the horizon
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As global migration and displacement continues to rise, Armando Samayoa, Télécoms Sans Frontières’ representative for the Americas and the Caribbean, shares how the organisation is supporting those affected
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Season 2, episode 22 is presented by editor Melanie Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray and deputy editor Natalie Bannerman.
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SoftBank and Smart Africa Secretariat (Smart Africa) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop solutions that enable affordable broadband across Africa.
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Nancy Dragone, VP of talent management with oversight of inclusion and diversity at TE Connectivity, explores how the company’s inclusion and diversity programme focusing on employees’ true selves is becoming a driving force for innovation and business success
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Boosting female representation in technology has been high on the agenda for more than a decade.
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We are all familiar with the stories of flawed artificial intelligence technologies in the public sphere as a result of a lack of diversity. But beyond that, how much does AI/automation unknowingly reinforce biases and inequalities in the telecom-tech space? Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman explores.
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Teraco's regional interconnection hubs have been further enhanced by the addition of the Africa Coast to Europe Subsea Cable (ACE).
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The industry leaders judging the 2021 Global Carrier Awards have been named.
