Africa
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Nokia is working with iSAT Africa to improve rural connectivity in Liberia.
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Dr Ayotunde Coker, CEO of Open Access Data Centres, speaks on edge deployment in Africa.
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DjIX rebranded as AMS-IX Djibouti, aims to boost regional connectivity
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ITW Africa: Broadband Telecom (BTI), a Bankai Group company, has revealed an exclusive partnership with Togo Cellular and Telma Madagascar, both subsidiaries of AXIAN Telecom.
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At the opening of ITW 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya, Dr. Margaret Nyambura Ndung’u, PhD, cabinet secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of Information, Communications, and the Digital Economy, outlined the country’s bold digital transformation strategy.
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The potential for AI in Africa is already being realised through several use cases. But how careful does the continent need to tread with its development?
Forthcoming events
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Orange Liberia has collaborated with ZTE to complete the build of new communication sites called RuralPilot EcoSites, boosting network coverage in rural areas of Liberia.
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Raxio Group has inaugurated its new data centre in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), marking the country’s largest data centre, with Tier III accreditation by Uptime Institute,
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Today, Africa represents just 2.5% of the global artificial intelligence (AI) market, but emerging applications could boost the continent’s economic growth by US$2.9 trillion by 2030 according to AI4D Africa.
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Netherlands-based Africa-focused data centre operator PAIX Data Centres has expanded the capacity of its site in Accra, Ghana to 1.2MW.
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MTN is planning the construction of its largest West African data centre, according to several reports.
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WIOCC Group has secured a financing package from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Proparco.
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Cassava Technologies subsidiary Africa Data Centres has agreed a bespoke financing solution with South Africa’s Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) that will see 20MW of additional capacity deployed.
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Sparkle will team with Telecom Namibia for the provision of capacity services on the Equiano subsea cable connecting Portugal to South Africa, in order to boost Namibia’s digital transformation journey.
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Google has announced the first ever fibre optic route to directly connect Africa with Australia.
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CMC Networks has launched its CMC Cloud solution to deliver high-performance edge computing across Africa.
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Paratus Group, a Pan-African network provider, has announced a new fibre express route running from Johannesburg to Europe.
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CMC Networks has launched its Air Connect solution to deliver wireless connectivity to businesses across South Africa.
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Almost two weeks on from the undersea cable cuts that have blighted connectivity in 12 African countries, the Nigerian Communications Commission demands action.
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Guoyu Wang, vice president of Huawei Smart Transportation BU, sheds light on Huawei's recent activity across Southern African rail networks.
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Actis has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Swiftnet, a leading telecom tower portfolio in South Africa, from Telkom for around US$355 million.
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Capacity's Saf Malik is joined by a panel of guests to discuss the disruption to African internet caused by the Red Sea and West Coast cable cuts.
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Somalia’s Hormuud Telecom has unveiled new 5G infrastructure which is now commercially available across the country.
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Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Ghana’s minister for communications and digitisation, has announced plans to licence satellite internet provider Starlink, less than one week after disruption to four subsea cables caused a major internet blackout in the country and across West and Central Africa.
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CMC Networks has deployed satellite connectivity across Africa and the Middle East to keep African businesses connected during subsea cable outages.
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Bayobab Group, as part of the 2Africa consortium, confirms the landing of the 45,000km 2Africa subsea cable in Ghana and Nigeria.
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IHS Towers and Airtel Africa will expand their partnership through their Nigerian subsidiaries.
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Global Independent Connect Limited (GICL), a subsidiary of IHS Holding, has completed the rollout of more than 10,000km of fibre optic cables across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
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Parallel Wireless has partnered with Hotspot Networks, a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) provider, to extend coverage to previously unconnected rural sites throughout Nigeria.
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Olusegun Ogunsanya (pictured) will retire as CEO of Airtel Africa this year, with Sunil Taldar stepping up to take the top job.