Africa
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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.
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Secure access service edge (SASE) provider Cloudbrink has unveiled a new software-only mobile hotspot optimisation which it claims doubles the performance of SaaS and enterprise applications on tethered devices.
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In an interview with Capacity at ITW Africa in Nairobi, DS Consortium's Efua A. Dougan discusses the future of AI adoption in Africa and the elements needed to build a sustainable digital future for the continent.
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Raxio Group has inaugurated its data centre in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Raxio Côte d’Ivoire (CIV1).
Forthcoming events
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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?
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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.