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.
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Bayobab, formerly known as MTN GlobalConnect, announced a strategic pan-African connectivity partnership with Microsoft.
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wingu.africa (Wingu) has signed several new strategic customer partnerships, facilitated by the addition of colocation whitespace across all its facilities.
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Liquid Dataport has partnered with Icosnet to enable its customers to access digital communication services offered by Liquid Dataport in Algeria.
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The Kenyan government has started a project to build a 100,000km national fibre network.
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Zambia to provide connectivity to all Zambians.
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The president of Tanzania has told a government-owned telco to stop competing with others and focus on broadband services.
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Cassava Technologies’ Liquid C2 has opened a cyber security centre in Zambia, its third in Africa.
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M-Pesa, the pioneering mobile money platform run by Safaricom and the Vodacom group, is now run from a cloud operations centre in Kenya.
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South African operator Cell C is looking for a new CEO following the resignation of Douglas Craigie Stevenson.
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Guinea has enlisted the help of MTN to bring back a state-owned operator that was declared bankrupt in 2012.
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Israeli satellite operator Spacecom is working with an Azerbaijani satellite company to extend services into Africa.
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MTN GlobalConnect and BICS have renewed its partnership on international mobility and connectivity in Africa.
