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Salesforce commits to South Africa skills development

Matshepo Sehloho
6/15/2023

Cloud-based software company Salesforce is committing to solving South Africa's digital skills shortage and boosting job creation, execs said during the Salesforce World Tour Essentials conference in Johannesburg.

Digital banking group Tyme raises another $77.8M

Paula Gilbert
5/23/2023

Tyme has raised another US$77.8 million in a pre-series C capital raise, securing two new international investors, while South African flagship TymeBank's customers have reached 7 million.

IBM, NASA using AI to answer climate change questions

Paula Gilbert
5/9/2023

A collaboration between IBM and NASA aims to use artificial intelligence to answer some of the most pertinent questions regarding climate change and its impact on Africa and the rest of the planet.

Microsoft appoints Lillian Barnard as African president

Matshepo Sehloho
5/3/2023

Microsoft has announced the appointment of Lillian Barnard as President of Microsoft Africa.

Cassava Technologies to invest $249M in South Africa

Matshepo Sehloho
4/17/2023

Infrastructure and digital services provider Cassava Technologies has pledged a total of R4.5 billion (US$249 million) in investment towards South Africa's ICT sector.

Amazon Web Services to invest $1.8B in South Africa

Matshepo Sehloho
4/14/2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that it plans to invest R30.4 billion (US$1.8 billion) in its cloud infrastructure in South Africa by 2029.

Liquid Intelligent Technologies to build data center in Zambia

Matshepo Sehloho
4/6/2023

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has pledged to build a data center in Zambia in a partnership deal with the country's government.

Hybrid multi-cloud adoption model can assist with stability issues - Huawei

Matshepo Sehloho
3/27/2023

Huawei Cloud Sub-Saharan African Region CTO Harrison Li has urged African financial institutions to adopt hybrid multi-cloud services.

Omantel enters Djibouti with Wingu Group deal

Matshepo Sehloho
3/22/2023

Omantel expands into Africa by partnering with data center operator Wingu Group to establish a point of presence in Djibouti.

M-Pesa Africa invests $2M in Shared Service Operations Centre

Paula Gilbert
3/22/2023

M-Pesa Africa has launched a Shared Service Operations Centre (SSOC) in Nairobi to support operations in Kenya and five other African markets.

DRC's first open-access data center to go live in April

Matshepo Sehloho
2/8/2023

The Democratic Republic of Congo's first open-access, carrier-neutral data center is scheduled to become operational in the second quarter of 2023.

Lagos launches first AWS Local Zone in Africa

Paula Gilbert
1/27/2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of a new AWS Local Zones location in Lagos, Nigeria, its first on the continent with others planned in Johannesburg and Nairobi.

Hot startup of the month: Cloud-native developer Deimos

Matshepo Sehloho
1/27/2023

This month's hot startup is pan-African cloud technology and professional services company Deimos which is on a mission to be the leading cloud-native technology company in Africa.

African enterprises to ramp up cloud investments in 2023

Paula Gilbert
1/26/2023

A new cloud research study from World Wide Worx shows 69% of African enterprises plan to increase investment in cloud services in 2023.

Africa Data Centres expand in SA & Kenya

Paula Gilbert
1/25/2023

Africa Data Centres has announced new facilities being built in Nairobi, Kenya and Cape Town, South Africa.

Equinix eyes SA expansion with $160M data center investment

Matshepo Sehloho
12/14/2022

Digital infrastructure company Equinix will enter the South African market with a $160 million data center investment in Johannesburg that will open in mid-2024.

Paratus partners with OneWeb to build satellite gateway in Angola

Matshepo Sehloho
11/4/2022

Paratus Angola has signed a multi-year agreement with global telecommunications provider, OneWeb, to build a satellite gateway in Luanda, Angola.

Connecting Africa Podcast: S2 Ep. 1 – Talent wars

Paula Gilbert
11/3/2022

The Connecting Africa Podcast is back with a new season. We welcome new co-host Matshepo Sehloho to the team and discuss Africa's tech skills pipeline and the battle between startups and global tech giants to recruit and keep African talent.

AWS to open office in Nigeria

Paula Gilbert
11/2/2022

Nigeria will become the second African country with an Amazon Web Services (AWS) office, with plans for a Lagos office announced by the cloud giant.

Microsoft expands cloud services in South African data centers

Matshepo Sehloho
11/2/2022

Microsoft data centers in South Africa will now provide Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform online services that will support local businesses.

Malawi grants Starlink license to operate

Matshepo Sehloho
10/24/2022

The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has granted Elon Musk's satellite Internet service Starlink a license to operate.

Hot startup of the month: South Africa's iiDENTIFii

Matshepo Sehloho
10/21/2022

This month's hot startup is South African-based digital identity startup iiDENTIFii, which has developed a remote biometric identity authentication app to stop identity theft.

Liquid acquires capacity on Equiano cable

Matshepo Sehloho
10/7/2022

Liquid Dataport has purchased a pair of fiber cables on Google-owned subsea cables Equiano.

Google to launch first cloud region in Africa

Paula Gilbert
10/5/2022

Google Cloud is launching its first region in Africa – in South Africa.

Renewable energy key for data center growth – Raxio

Paula Gilbert
9/28/2022

Raxio Group CTO, Rob Saunders, talks to Connecting Africa about the growing demand for renewable energy sources to power Africa's data centers.

BCX, Alibaba Cloud sign distribution deal for SA

Matshepo Sehloho
9/23/2022

Telkom SA's IT integration business, BCX, has partnered with Alibaba Cloud to allow it to distribute products and services in South Africa.

Raxio begins construction on new data center in DRC

Matshepo Sehloho
9/15/2022

Raxio Group has started constructing the first Tier III carrier-neutral data center in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital city Kinshasa

Amazon opens new office in Johannesburg as cloud demand grows

Matshepo Sehloho
9/1/2022

Amazon's cloud computing arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened a new office in the city of Johannesburg in South Africa to support growing customer demand.

Africa Data Centres begins $83M SA expansion

Matshepo Sehloho
8/22/2022

Africa Data Centres has drawn the first US$83 million tranche from a US$300 million investment it plans to use to build data centers in ten of Africa's largest economic capitals.

Togo and UN to build cybersecurity centre

Matshepo Sehloho
8/18/2022

The Republic of Togo and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa have signed an agreement to jointly establish the African Centre for Coordination and Research in Cybersecurity.

Vacant cybersecurity jobs contributing to breaches

Matshepo Sehloho
7/25/2022

There are over two million vacant positions in the cybersecurity industry which are contributing to breaches and costing organizations money, including those in Africa.

Liquid Cyber Security launches first of six Fusion Centres

Matshepo Sehloho
7/21/2022

Liquid Cyber Security has launched a Cyber Security Fusion Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, with five more to come across Africa.

SA's TechSoft targets African AI capabilities

Matshepo Sehloho
6/29/2022

South African integration and analytics firm TechSoft International gives insight on Africa's AI capabilities.

Africa Data Centres to build second 20MW facility in SA

Matshepo Sehloho
6/17/2022

Africa Data Centres is building a second data center in one of South Africa's capital cities, Cape Town.

Africa Data Centres builds 30MW facility in Ghana

Matshepo Sehloho
6/8/2022

Africa Data Centres is building a 30MW data facility in Accra to lay the groundwork for further digital services.

BT, MTN Business announce cloud-security deal

Matshepo Sehloho
5/27/2022

BT and MTN Business are collaborating to offer security and communications services to business customers across Africa.

Renewables key for African data center market – Siemon

Paula Gilbert
5/27/2022

Siemon, the global network infrastructure specialist, says that as Africa's data center market grows the more the topic of renewable energy shifts into focus.

Africa's developer pool strong and growing – Google

Paula Gilbert
2/22/2022

A new report from Google and Accenture shows that Africa's pool of professional developers rose by 3.8% in 2021 and local developers are getting paid more.

Hot startup of the month: Tunisia's InstaDeep

Tom Jackson
8/30/2021

Tunisian startup InstaDeep builds advanced decision-making and optimization AI solutions for enterprise clients. It is one of the best-funded AI ventures on the continent.

AWS expands cloud training program to more African countries

Paula Gilbert
8/24/2021

Amazon Web Services has expanded its cloud computing training program, AWS re/Start, into nine African countries as it aims to increase Africa's pipeline of entry-level cloud computing talent.

Liquid Intelligent Technologies surpasses 100,000 km of fiber

Paula Gilbert
6/2/2021

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has reached a major milestone, laying 100,000 km of fiber in Africa.

SA to become cloud hub for Africa – Huawei

Paula Gilbert
4/23/2021

Huawei plans to launch a new cloud availability zone in Cape Town, saying it believes South Africa will become the cloud hub for the continent.

Hot startup of the month: Kenya's Swifttdial

Tom Jackson
2/26/2021

Kenyan company Swifttdial is helping companies in Kenya and Nigeria set up cloud-based virtual call centers, with plans to expand further into West Africa.

Major investments in African carrier-neutral data centers

Paula Gilbert
11/19/2020

About 25% of sub-Saharan states have or are planning carrier-neutral data centers, with significant investment across Africa, says PCCW Global's Console Connect.

MTN 5G goes live in South Africa

Paula Gilbert
6/30/2020

MTN has launched 5G across 100 sites in South Africa and made some big promises about its future rollout if it gets access to the spectrum it needs.

Hot startup of the month: Ghana's SynCommerce

Tom Jackson
6/29/2020

SynCommerce is a cloud-based multichannel inventory and order management platform for online merchants which was born out of an entrepreneurial school in Ghana.

Amazon is creating 3,000 new jobs in SA

Paula Gilbert
6/19/2020

The e-commerce giant is adding 3,000 full-time positions in customer service, bringing its total permanent workforce in South Africa to 7,000.

Africa is a big growth market for Cloud Credential Council certification programs

Paula Gilbert
6/2/2020

Cloud Credential Council MD Mark O'Loughlin spoke to Connecting Africa about the growth it is seeing with its vendor-neutral certification programs in Africa.

African smartphone users could help find COVID-19 treatment while sleeping

Paula Gilbert
5/18/2020

Smartphone users in Ghana, Lesotho and South Africa can now help scientists speed up COVID-19 research by letting the DreamLab app run on their smartphones while they sleep.

AWS Cape Town data centers officially live

Paula Gilbert
4/22/2020

Amazon Web Services has officially launched its new AWS Africa Region in Cape Town.

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