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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Nigeria is running behind schedule on its aim to link its national identity scheme with citizen’s phone accounts, so is giving people another 30 days.
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BringCom has named Allen Chimhende as the new managing director of Datanet, a provider of connectivity solutions and network services to enterprise customers in Uganda.
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Tanzania is to extend its national broadband backbone to the neighbouring east African country of Mozambique.
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Africa Data Centres (ADC) is building a 10MW data centre in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Data centre operator N+ONE is to launch three "latest-generation interconnected" data centres across Senegal as the country positions to become a digital hub for French-speaking West Africa.
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Ethiopia has again extended the deadline for telcos to bid for new operating licences.
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Biden's $100bn broadband boost; Digital Colony splashes out in Indonesia and edge is the word in data centres
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Lenders to troubled African operator Smile Telecoms Holdings have agreed to reschedule its debts for a year.
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Mastercard has invested US$100 million in Airtel Mobile Commerce (AMC), the mobile money subsidiary of Airtel Africa, taking a minority stake in the business as it prepares for an IPO.
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The number of eSIMs installed in connected devices will increase from 1.2 billion in 2021, to 3.4 billion in 2025, representing nearly 80% in growth.
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International Telecoms Week 2021 will now take place in August.
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IXAfrica, the new-entrant data centre operator in Kenya, recently announced the start of its investment in Kenya's digital economy, and has begun constructing a data centre campus in Nairobi.
