Econet
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Africa Data Centres (ADC) has collected the first US$83 million of investment from the US government, money that will go to building data centres in South Africa.
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Liquid Telecom began as a carrier providing services across Africa. Now, CEO Nic Rudnick tells Alan Burkitt-Gray why they’ve changed the name to reflect the group’s new business.
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African carrier Liquid Telecom has become Liquid Intelligent Technologies to show that it is now a one-stop-shop technology group.
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The regulator in Lesotho in south-eastern Africa is in the middle of a battle with the country’s biggest operator, an offshoot of South Africa’s Vodacom.
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Econet chair Strive Masiyiwa has been appointed to Netflix board of directors.
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The US is investing US$300m in Liquid Telecom’s Africa Data Centres (ADC), to fund expansion in South Africa and Kenya as well as new builds and acquisitions elsewhere.
Forthcoming events
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Econet, which owns African wholesale network Liquid Telecom, is to use laser beams to carry traffic through the air where fibres are impractical.
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Liquid Telecom has rebranded its South African operations in what it calls a “strategic repositioning”.
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African wholesale operator Liquid Telecom is adding a 5G wireless network to its existing fibre offering in South Africa.
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South Africa’s pension fund for government employees is likely to take a stake in a Liquid Telecom share offer, according to reports.
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NetOne, the Zimbabwean mobile network operator, is reported to have four foreign companies battling it out to acquire a 45-50% stake in the company.