Seacom
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Four submarine cables running along the coast of West Africa have been damaged or are experiencing downtime, leading to internet outages in numerous countries across the region. -
Despite big advances in connectivity in Africa in the past decade, the region remains in much need of further access and capacity. Prenesh Padayachee, group chief digital officer at SEACOM, explains how the carrier's experience in Africa and debut on the Equiano subsea cable make it perfectly placed to achieve this growth.
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Seacom has appointed Alpheus Mangale as its incoming group chief executive officer, effective 1 April 2023.
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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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Seacom will be able to secure its own infrastructure, deliver new networking, security and communications solutions to enterprise customers in Africa thanks to a new partnership with BT.
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Seacom is planning to bolster its tier one global network and enterprise portfolio through the acquisition of iOCO divisions EOH Network Solutions (EOH-NS) and Cape Town-based operator, Hymax.
Forthcoming events
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Seacom will acquire selected infrastructure assets from Africell in Uganda as the company continues to expand its East African footprint.
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Seacom has appointed Tejpal Bedi to the role of MD and regional head of sales for the East and North-East Africa (ENEA) region.
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Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in Africa have increased by 300% this year when compared to 2019 and, according to the firm behind the numbers, the trend "shows no sign of slowing down".
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Seacom, the pan-African telco, has completed the acquisition of Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network in Kenya.
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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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Vodacom has sold its business operations in Nigeria, Zambia and Côte d’Ivoire, and is waiting approval for the sale of its Cameroon operations.
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Seacom and Tata Communication have a partnered to offer high-speed connectivity between Africa, Europe and Asia to meet the growing demand in these regions.
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Pan-African service provider SEACOM has teamed up with Raxio Data Centre to launch a carrier-neutral, enterprise-grade data centre in Uganda.
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SEACOM is planning to double its lit capacity on its subsea segment and is currently in talks to become involved in a number of African cable system projects being planned by Google and other cable operators.
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Seacom, under its Seacom Business brand has launched Internet connectivity and cloud services directly to its corporate customers in Uganda.
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Pan-African internet and connectivity service provider SEACOM now offers direct connections into public cloud networks and data centres located in South Africa.
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SEACOM has appointed Tonny Tugee as the company’s managing director of the Eastern North and East Africa region.
