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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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Liquid Telecom has completed one of the largest dollar bond sales by an African telecoms company, raising US$840 million.
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In the midst of the two-day event that was Capacity Asia 2020, a topic was raised that led to a much bigger question in need of answering.
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Season 2, episode 7 is presented by deputy editor Melanie Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.
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Liquid Telecom is to raise US$820 million in a bond and term loan financing package to refinance the group’s existing debt and to support its growth strategy.
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The WIOCC Network Operation Centre (NOC) reported interruption to a large number of client services between Djibouti and Marseille, France on the SEA-ME-WE 5 subsea cable.
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The telecoms regulator of Senegal has told Expresso Senegal to upgrade its mobile network to 4G and to activate its fixed network.
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Season 2, episode 6 is presented by deputy editor Melanie Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.
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South African fibre operator Vox Telecom is to expand its fibre network beyond the major cities of the country.
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The regulator in Lesotho in south-eastern Africa is in the middle of a battle with the country’s biggest operator, an offshoot of South Africa’s Vodacom.
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The World Bank has warned the government of Ethiopia not to take measures that hinder the development of telecoms in the country.
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The ETSI Industry Specification Group on Permissioned Distributed Ledger (ISG PDL) has published a number of reports to support industry and government in blockchain.
