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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South Africa’s Telkom is to offer wholesale capacity on its mobile network to virtual network operators, the company said this week.
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Cassava Technologies has started work on a new 15MW data centre in Nairobi.
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Eutelsat has passed the 200,000-user mark for its Konnect Wifi hotspots has been reached.
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South African operators Telkom and Rain have terminated discussions about a potential merger that would have seen them compete more strongly with MTN and Vodacom.
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Ethiopia’s incumbent operator Ethio Telecom has restored services in 27 towns and cities in the province of Tigray, following the suspension of the civil war.
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Airtel Nigeria has purchased 100MHz of spectrum in the 3500MHz band and 2x5MHz of 2600MHz from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for US$316.7 million.
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Safaricom Ethiopia has expanded to five additional cities, bringing its national footprint to 21 cities just three months after launching on 6 October.
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A London-based asset management group, Gemcorp, has won a deal from the government of Angola to manage, renovate and expand state-owned Angola Telecom’s networks.
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Vantage Data Centers has announced it has commenced construction on a second campus in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Equinix has unveiled plans to enter the South African market with a US$160 million data centre investment in Johannesburg.
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After becoming Vertiv’s president for EMEA, Karsten Winther faced several threats to the company’s progress. But he tells Saf Malik that the company is now well-positioned to face the future
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Open Access Data Centres (OADC) has revealed that its flagship data centre in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria is now operational.
