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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South African operator Telkom has signed up with a last-mile fibre operator that is competing with its own subsidiary, Openserve.
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Angola Cables CEO António Nunes has been promoted to the board of the company, just over a decade after the government of Angola invited him to join the venture.
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How is Orange revolutionising connectivity in Western Africa with Djoliba? Watch our On-Demand webinars to find out how the new network is reshaping connectivity in the region.
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Orange and its subsidiaries have announced the commercial launch of Djoliba, the first pan-West African fibre backbone.
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Econet, which owns African wholesale network Liquid Telecom, is to use laser beams to carry traffic through the air where fibres are impractical.
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Airtel Africa plans on selling 4,500 of its tower assets across five countries.
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This episode features editor-in-chief Joao Marques Lima, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Melanie Mingas and senior reporters Natalie Bannerman and Abigail Opiah.
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US-based network operator BringCom agreed a new partnership and interconnect deal with Ethiopian government-owned Ethio Telecom.
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Ethiopia says it wants to open the telecoms market to competition by February 2021, though it has not yet named the operators that will compete with Ethio Telecom, the state-owned incumbent.
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Communications Business Automation Network (CBAN) has successfully demonstrated the first of its core services as implemented by its technology partners.
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Cable and mobile services provider Millicom has appointed a new executive vice president and chief external affairs officer.
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Teraco Data Environments has announced that construction has commenced on a new hyperscale data centre with 38MW of critical power load in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, South Africa.
