Capacity North Africa
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Egypt has appointed a prominent telecoms industry executive as its assistant minister for global information infrastructure – charged with implementing a policy outlined at a Capacity conference last year. -
MainOne and Avanti Communications have struck an agreement to jointly boost broadband penetration across Nigeria by offering satellite services to enterprises in remote areas of the country.
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Adel Hamed, Telecom Egypt’s chief international and wholesale officer, has been promoted to be CEO of the group, in succession to Ahmed El Beheiry.
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Egypt has unveiled plans to replace up to 95% of its copper telecoms network with fibre by 2020 in a major overhaul to the nation’s infrastructure.
