Despite significant strides in the telecom industry, which have been made in terms of technology and reach, the spread of network connection in rural areas around the world, remain the last frontier for the telecom…
Fortinet brings best of Accelerate to pan-Africa in…
As more organisations accelerate their digital innovation initiatives, their evolving infrastructure exposes them to new security risks • Fortinet will host its first Africa Virtual Security Day on 16 September 2020, bringing to pan-African CEOs,…
Vertiv Ranked as one of the leading suppliers…
Research conducted by Omdia reveals that the global market for prefabricated modular data centres, from the edge to the core, increased by more than 65% Vertiv , a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity…
The Future of Cloud Computing: Moving at the…
By Patrick Ndegwa There's been a definite shift around the discussion about the cloud in Africa. Businesses now accept that the future of organising, processing and presenting their data is in the cloud. And with services…
Satellite TV gains popularity in Ghana and Nigeria
Study shows Satellite TV reception increases by 23% in Nigeria and 19% in Ghana in 2019 since the last study, conducted two years ago; SES currently reaches 35 million TV households across the African Continent.…
Eighty for Africa: Kenya and Nigeria’s IXP Success
By Michuki Mwangi Ten years ago the peering community came up with a vision: We wanted 80 percent of Internet traffic to be localized by 2020. I must admit, over the last decade there were…
APO Group and Opera team up to boost…
The APO Group Newsroom website (www.Africa-Newsroom.com) will now be integrated into the Opera News platform used by 200 million users worldwide. This partnership stems from the need to reduce the consumption of misleading news articles…
Latest research on Edge opportunity for Telecom Operators
Network operators will play a pivotal role in the creation of new revenue services from edge computing • Vertiv , together with technology analyst firm Omdia released a new report on the implications of the shift to…
Pulse expands its reach into Francophone Africa
Africa’s leading innovative media company Pulse has launched its digital and social media offering in Senegal, under the brand Pulse.sn/Pulse Senegal. This is part of its efforts to further extend its media reach to the Francophone audience on the continent, with…
A transformative subsea cable for future internet connectivity…
China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC announced today that they will partner to build 2Africa, which will be the most comprehensive subsea cable to serve the African continent…
A new tool to combat disinformation about COVID-19
#Fakehunter – world's largest anti-infodemic system has launched • The Polish Press Agency and GovTech Polska (Polish Prime Minister's Office) have released the #FakeHunter web application – a new tool to combat disinformation about COVID-19.…
APO Group arming communicators with a full suite…
APO Group, the leading pan-African communications and business consultancy, remains fully operational and is supporting clients and media as the coronavirus pandemic spreads around the world • The first things communicators need to do is…
Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) to prevent and mitigate…
African Telecommunications Union calls for harmonised action by telecommunications regulators and operators in Africa to combat Coronavirus Pandemic • Regulators should implement the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) to enable authorities to effectively prevent and mitigate…
MainOne lands submarine cable in Cote D’Ivoire
The Grand Bassam landing which follows the recent completion of the landing in Dakar Senegal will extend the reach of the cable into Cote D’Ivoire and neighbouring countries • The deployment is also notable because…
5G RuralFirst
Despite significant strides in the telecom industry, which have been made in terms of technology and reach, the spread of network connection in rural areas around the world, remain the last frontier for the telecom…