Africa
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Raxio Group has secured $100 million in financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to fuel its Sub-Saharan African regional data centre platform. -
Rack Centre’s new 12MW LGS2 data centre in Lagos, Nigeria, has come online, with the firm touting it as hyperscale and AI-ready.
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AFR-IX Telecom has secured a €14.3 million grant from the European Commission to extend the Medusa Subsea Cable System into West Africa.
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Orange Africa and Middle East (OMEA) and Eutelsat have partnered to expand satellite broadband access across Africa and the Middle East.
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e& has become the first operator in the Middle East and Africa to deploy Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) on its optical network.
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PTCL invested $59.5 million in Africa-1 submarine cable to strengthen Pakistan’s digital future
Forthcoming events
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Netherlands-based Africa-focused data centre operator PAIX Data Centres has expanded the capacity of its site in Accra, Ghana to 1.2MW.
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MTN is planning the construction of its largest West African data centre, according to several reports.
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WIOCC Group has secured a financing package from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Proparco.
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Cassava Technologies subsidiary Africa Data Centres has agreed a bespoke financing solution with South Africa’s Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) that will see 20MW of additional capacity deployed.
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Sparkle will team with Telecom Namibia for the provision of capacity services on the Equiano subsea cable connecting Portugal to South Africa, in order to boost Namibia’s digital transformation journey.
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Google has announced the first ever fibre optic route to directly connect Africa with Australia.
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CMC Networks has launched its CMC Cloud solution to deliver high-performance edge computing across Africa.
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Paratus Group, a Pan-African network provider, has announced a new fibre express route running from Johannesburg to Europe.
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CMC Networks has launched its Air Connect solution to deliver wireless connectivity to businesses across South Africa.
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Almost two weeks on from the undersea cable cuts that have blighted connectivity in 12 African countries, the Nigerian Communications Commission demands action.
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Guoyu Wang, vice president of Huawei Smart Transportation BU, sheds light on Huawei's recent activity across Southern African rail networks.
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Actis has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Swiftnet, a leading telecom tower portfolio in South Africa, from Telkom for around US$355 million.
