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.
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Indian operator Airtel, which has 110 million customers in Africa, will not bid for one of the upcoming Ethiopian licences, China’s Sharing Mobile will do so.
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Speed, security, IT/OT and data: these are the key drivers of edge, well that’s according to Joe Baguley, VP and CTO EMEA, VMware during a presentation at Edge Global Week.
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Ethio Telecom, the monopoly provider in Ethiopia until two new operators are licensed in March, has hired KPMG to determine its economic value in advance of a part-privatisation.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world
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Ethiopia's state-run telco Ethio Telecom saw a 12% increase in revenues in the six months to the end of December 2020.
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Telkom Kenya is set to lose its balloon-powered 4G network, only months after it launched the service in the presence of the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Clir Renewables has announced a partnership agreement with Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP), leaders in African renewable energy generation.
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Orange International Carriers, the wholesale arm of Orange Group, has signed a commercial agreement with the African content distribution player, Côte Ouest Audiovisuel.
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Pan East African data centre operator wingu.africa broke ground on its hyperscale data centre park located in the ICT Park, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Uganda has doubled down on security concerns by blocking more areas of its communications networks.
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Telecom Egypt provides Google with a TransEgypt meshed solution and Mediterranean capacity to EuropeCairo, 04 January 2021: Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cables operators in the region, signed an agreement with Google to provide Google with the first of its kind layer three meshed solution on multiple Telecom Egypt’s redundant and resilient Egypt crossing network infrastructure.
