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Sun, December 22nd 2013, 12:00 · HumanIPO

African Tech Company of the Year

Technology in Africa is constantly evolving and companies face unique challenges on the continent as they try to keep up with international competitors while providing suitable services to the African consumer. The HumanIPO team picks out which companies it believes have performed best. → Read more
Thu, November 21st 2013, 09:30 · Nick Sato

Liquid Telecom scoops Best African Wholesale Carrier Award

Liquid Telecom has been named the Best African Wholesale Carrier for the second time at the Global Carrier Awards. → Read more
Thu, November 14th 2013, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi

AfricaCom 2013 Awards winners announced

The AfricaCom 2013 Awards winners were announced in Cape Town last night, recognising and celebrating the best achievers in the fields of ICT, telecommunications and media across the continent in the last year. → Read more
Wed, November 13th 2013, 20:00 · Nick Sato

Teraco increases investment in Cape Town infrastructure

Vendor-neutral data provider Teraco has announced it has has started construction on a third dedicated colocation data centre within Great Westerford, Cape Town, in a bid to counter strong demand for “collocation” services. → Read more
Mon, October 21st 2013, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Sudan, Ivory Coast see strongest internet speed increases

Sudan and the Ivory Coast display some of the strongest increases in average internet speeds globally, while Libya remains the country with the slowest average speeds, according to a new report. → Read more
Mon, September 30th 2013, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Airtel launches Africa Connect network

Bharti Airtel has launched its Africa Connect network with the aim of enhancing the continent’s connectivity to the rest of the world in addition to increasing data capacity. → Read more
Thu, September 19th 2013, 13:20 · Nick Sato

Liquid Telecom rolls out East Africa’s largest data centre

Liquid Telecom has launched the “largest and most sophisticated data centre in East Africa”, offering secure space for dedicated hosting, interconnect services, network providers and enterprises in Africa. → Read more
Thu, September 19th 2013, 12:40 · Selipha Kihagi

Tanzania’s fibre optic cable network attracts neighbouring countries

Tanzania’s national fibre optic cable network, known as the National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB), is attracting interest from Uganda and Mozambique as neighbouring countries seek to link up to it. → Read more
Wed, September 18th 2013, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi

New East African IX hub to launch at Mombasa in November

Pan-African undersea cable network SEACOM is to act as official reseller for the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) East Africa exchange point in Mombasa, Kenya, which is set to provide the East Africa region with better internet interconnection from mid-November. → Read more
Tue, September 17th 2013, 16:00 · Tom Jackson

Cost of last mile fibre installation too high – Pretorius

The cost of installing fibre optic cables in the last mile has been prohibitive for most companies, according to Conduct Telecommunications chief executive officer (CEO) Johan Pretorius, meaning communities remain cut off from broadband. → Read more
Mon, August 26th 2013, 11:00 · Nanine Steenkamp

Liquid Telecom launches data tech

Liquid Telecom has launched data transmission technology in Zimbabwe, enabling effective long distance bulk data transportation. → Read more
Fri, August 23rd 2013, 09:00 · HumanIPO

Guest Post: Alan Knott-Craig asks “why Wi-Fi now?”

Former Mxit chief executive officer (CEO) Alan Knott-Craig Jr recently launched Project Isizwe, aiming to supply free wireless internet to impoverished areas for the improvement of education and employment. → Read more
Wed, August 7th 2013, 06:00 · Kamau Mbote

African Peering and Interconnection Forum set for September

Stakeholders in Africa’s ICT sector will congregate in Casablanca, Morocco, from September 3 to 5, to address key challenges in interconnection, peering and traffic exchange. → Read more
Wed, July 17th 2013, 12:23 · Kamau Mbote

Fixed-line broadband more beneficial than basic 3G

Africa needs to invest in fixed line broadband if it is to prosper and gain from internet access, according to Richard Bell, Wananchi Group chief executive officer (CEO). → Read more
Wed, June 12th 2013, 14:17 · Nanine Steenkamp

Zim TelOne slows down as Mozambique network fails

The slowing down of TelOne’s ADSL broadband connection since Monday, June 10, resulted in internet outages due to Mozambique network failures. → Read more
Tue, May 28th 2013, 13:08 · Tom Jackson

WACS set for June downtime

The West African Cable System (WACS) has warned clients they could face disruption early next month as cable faults are repaired, with the downtime likely to force some to look for alternative sources of bandwidth. → Read more
Mon, April 8th 2013, 13:00 · Igor Hobotov

Liquid Telecom upgrades its internet connection in East Africa

Liquid Telecom have improved their connectivity speeds across the East African region, providing their customers with a more reliable service. → Read more
Thu, April 4th 2013, 08:17 · Igor Hobotov

Tanzania sets up backup internet connection for emergency

Tanzania has set up a redundant network offering connectivity services in the event of failures in fibre optic connectivity. → Read more
Thu, March 28th 2013, 08:25 · Richard Cutcher

Divers arrested on suspicion of cable sabotage

Three divers have been arrested off the coast of Egypt accused of trying to cut through an undersea internet cable. → Read more
Wed, March 27th 2013, 13:59 · Kamau Mbote

Zuku blames Egypt cable cut for degraded service

Wananchi Online-owned Zuku, which provides services including pay TV and fibre to home internet services, has blamed the degraded state of its service while connecting to international websites on cable cuts off the coast of Egypt. → Read more