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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Two Israeli satellite companies are planning to introduce a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) service covering Africa.
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Ethiopia’s single telco operator Ethio Telecom has reported it reached 105.1% of its revenue target, despite the rippling effect the Covid-19 pandemic is bringing upon businesses worldwide.
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The chairman and CEO of Orange Group has praised the firm for demonstrating a “remarkable level of resistance” as the Middle East and Africa outperformed Europe in firm’s latest financial results.
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The 2020 nominations for Capacity's 20 Women to Watch are open to Monday 03 August 2020
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An international development agency run by the Aga Khan has applied for regulatory permission to buy 100% of Seacom, the subsea cable that links the east coast of Africa to India and Egypt.
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Orange has enhanced its spectrum capacity on its portion of the MainOne subsea cable using Infinera’s subsea solution.
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MTN Ivory Coast has selected Cloud Unified Communications provider, Amplement, for its Corporate Unified Communications application.
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China’s Eximbank is to lend Nigeria the equivalent of US$325 million to expand its Galaxy national fibre infrastructure into the north of the country.
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South Africa’s Telkom has announced plans to replace its copper local broadband infrastructure with fibre.
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Episode 13 of the weekly data and telco podcast
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Two young women who have been working for international telecoms charity Télécoms sans Frontières (TSF) found their missions disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
