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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TIM has made the top 10 of a global diversity and inclusion index that ranks 7,000 companies on their D&I work.
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Investments of up to US$428 billion are required from both the public and private sector, to achieve universal, affordable broadband connectivity by the end of the decade.
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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 Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.
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Capacity proudly unveils the 2020 shortlist for the Global Women in Telco & Tech Awards.
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As the age of the cloud dawns in Africa, the continent is becoming the next frontier for global, regional and local operators. With data centre capacity set to bring investments in excess of US$3 billion to 2025, Melanie Mingas crunches the numbers from the top markets.
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With new data centres and bespoke, industry-specific clouds, IBM Middle East and Africa is shifting its focus for the region. VP of enterprise and commercial, Hossam Seif El-Din, shares the details with Melanie Mingas
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Stephane Duproz, CEO of Africa Data Centres (ADC), has a statistic that shows the challenge faced by much of Africa and its data centre and telecoms operators. “Africa represents 15% of the world’s population and half of them are under 20 years of age,” he says. “They are extreme users of digital tools.” Alan Burkitt-Gray finds out more.
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In this fireside chat at Datacloud Borderless 2020 - part of the usual Datacloud Congress that takes place in Monaco every year,- Digital Realty's CFO Andy Power talks to Data Economy's João Marques Lima from California, US.
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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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New data shows that 25 metro areas account for 65% of worldwide retail and wholesale colocation revenues.
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Equinix has appointed Kamel Al-Tawil as its new managing director for the Middle East and North Africa. In his role, Al-Tawil will oversee and continue to grow Equinix’s business portfolio in the region, defining the evolving strategy for the local markets.
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Start-up cloud networking company Neutrality.one has tied up with PCCW Global to use its Console Connect platform to provide global connectivity services to enterprise customers in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
