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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Nigeria’s telecoms regulator has called on mobile network operators to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
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Seacom has gone live on the Equiano subsea cable following the cable’s landing in Cape Town, South Africa in August 2022.
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An industry veteran and one of the few female CEOs in telecoms, Ineke Botter has held integral roles in the build-out of Europe’s mobile ecosystem – a story which she tells in her new book, Your Phone, My Life.
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An Egyptian venture capital firm has launched a US$95 million fund for technology start-ups in north, west and east Africa.
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Bill Barney, former CEO of Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) has been appointed to the board of IXAfrica.
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wingu.africa is operating in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Somaliland delivering its carrier-neutral data centre facilities.
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The European Union’s investment bank is to support the company building a new network for the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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South African mobile commerce company Blue Label Telecoms wants to increase its stake in mobile operator Cell C from 49.5%, but not yet.
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Telkom, South Africa’s incumbent operator, wants to sell a minority stake in Openserve, its wholesale last-mile fibre unit.
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MTN is to spend the equivalent of US$1 billion on expanding operations in Ghana over the next five years.
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MTN Group has deployed EXFO’s Context dynamic topology solution in 14 African countries as part of MTN’s digital transformation initiative, targeting improved network inventory, security and performance functions.
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The government of Ethiopia has increased the stake it plans to sell in Ethio Telecom by five percentage points from 40% to 45%.
