Africa
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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. -
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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Secure access service edge (SASE) provider Cloudbrink has unveiled a new software-only mobile hotspot optimisation which it claims doubles the performance of SaaS and enterprise applications on tethered devices.
Forthcoming events
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The Gaborone Metro Ring will empower businesses and economic growth
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MTN Ghana will invest US$1 billion to expand and improve its network by 2025.
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For this episode of The C-Suite Hotseat, Natalie Bannerman, deputy editor of Capacity Media is joined by Matteo Gatta, CEO of BICS.
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Satellite connectivity currently represents around 1% of the total telco ecosystem – but it’s an important 1%.
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Ethio Telecom’s revenue is expected to rise by 19% in 2023/2024
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When 27-year-old South African Ruan Crouse isn’t riding motorcycles or competing in national squash competitions, he’s busy helping field technicians learn how to safely climb Africa’s telecom towers.
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A third request for qualifications has just been launched
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Covering a continent’s worth of connectivity in three days is a tough ask – but that’s what the ITW Africa agenda will try to do. There have been several interesting developments, projects and focus areas in the African telecoms and connectivity market in 2023 – here are just five of them in areas that ITW Africa will address in September.
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Anwar Soussa will step down two years after launching Ethiopia’s second mobile network
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DE-CIX, ‘Internet pour tous’ and UNITED SA confirm that the Africa Congo Internet Exchange (ACIX) is now live.
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The US Government (USG), through the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), has announced plans to build a $300 million data centre in Ghana.
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Samuel Ndungu, CFO of WIOCC, tells Saf Malik about the key investment and revenue growth opportunities there are in connecting Africa with the rest of the world.
