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.
Forthcoming events
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Tizeti, the West African solar-based internet service provider, is launching its 4G LTE network in 10 new states in Nigeria.
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The Central African Republic is now connected to a backbone fibre linking it to neighbouring countries, via its own 935km fibre.
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The government of Rwanda is to end the right of a local company, part-owned by Korea Telecom (KT), to provide wholesale 4G services to other operators
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iColo: a Digital Realty company confirms the opening of its first data centre in Maputo, Mozambique (MPM1).
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Ethio Telecom, the state-owned incumbent in Ethiopia, has started a project to encourage start-up technology companies.
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The first phase of OADC Kinshasa; FIH1, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s first open-access, carrier-neutral data centre, will become operational in Q2 2023.
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies has deployed Nokia’s transport network technology on its new terrestrial fibre route connecting Mombasa, Kenya to Johannesburg, South Africa.
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The Coalition for Digital Africa, set up in December 2022, is to work with leading internet organisations to strengthen the digital infrastructure across Africa.
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The Telecel group does not plan to fire staff at Vodafone Ghana, which it acquired last month for a reported US$900 million.
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Kenya’s tax authority is to install its own technology so it can track and tax voice, internet and SMS traffic.
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The government of the republic of Niger is abolishing the tax on the termination of incoming international traffic.
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South Africa’s Telkom is to offer wholesale capacity on its mobile network to virtual network operators, the company said this week.
