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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.

MTN, Microsoft trial 5G in cloud

Connecting Africa News
3/20/2023

MTN Group has conducted a proof-of-concept deployment for a 5G standalone core using cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure.

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.

Cloud costs

Flash Poll
1/23/2023

How much will your company spend on cloud services in 2023?

Raxio building data center in Angola

Connecting Africa News
1/17/2023

Pan-African data center developer and operator Raxio Group continues with its African expansion, announcing a new investment in Angola.

Africa Data Centres partners with INX-ZA in SA for remote peering

Connecting Africa News
1/9/2023

Africa Data Centres is partnering with INX-ZA to offer remote peering in 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.

Understanding the challenges of multi-cloud connectivity

Information Resources
10/1/2022

As individual business functions increasingly drive adoption of cloud-based technology, enterprises today find themselves using multiple cloud providers as much by accident as by design. Public cloud provisioning is no longer the sole remit of the IT department, with organisations seeking a best-of-breed strategy from cloud-based services and making decisions at a departmental level.

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO NETWORK-AS-A-SERVICE IN 2022

Information Resources
10/1/2022

With NaaS offerings now reaching a stage of maturity, CIOs finally have the opportunity to build a strong foundation for digital transformation, and achieve some basic cost and service improvement goals as well.

Cloud Network Evolution Addressing the Pitfalls of the Public Internet

Information Resources
10/1/2022

The virtualization of the customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) has driven organizations to prioritize and expand systems, applications, and workloads that enable fundamental functions, such as eCommerce and work from home (WFH).

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

Africa Data Centres and Nigeria's IXPN join forces

Connecting Africa News
9/13/2022

Africa Data Centres is teaming up with Nigeria's biggest Internet exchange point IXPN in a deal that will see better connectivity and lower bandwidth costs for Nigerians.

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.

Kunle Awosika to lead Microsoft's Africa Transformation Office

Connecting Africa News
8/31/2022

Microsoft veteran Kunle Awosika is taking over as MD of the Africa Transformation Office launched in 2021.

Africa Data Centres breaks ground on Johannesburg facility expansion

Industry Announcements
8/31/2022

Africa Data Centres has broken ground on the expansion of its Samrand facility in Johannesburg, growing from 10MW to 40MW of IT load.

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.

North Africa Com 2022: Enabling regulation to accelerate digitization

Connecting Africa Video
8/1/2022

A panel discussion about what regulations are needed to help accelerate digitization in North Africa.

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.

Equinix closes $320M MainOne deal for African expansion

Connecting Africa News
4/5/2022

Digital infrastructure company Equinix is expanding into Africa with its acquisition of West African data center and connectivity solutions provider MainOne.

Raxio Group investing in Tanzanian data center

Industry Announcements
3/23/2022

Raxio Group will build and operate a new metro-edge, multi-megawatt, colocation data center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

MWC 2022: Safaricom taps VMware for Ethiopia network

Industry Announcements
3/1/2022

Safaricom has selected VMware as its telco cloud platform partner for its rollout into Ethiopia.

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.

Going green

Flash Poll
2/21/2022

Which industry is making the biggest strides in sustainability and green tech?

Huawei in hot water over SA hiring habits

Connecting Africa News
2/14/2022

Huawei South Africa sued by local labor department for alleged non-compliance with employment equity policy by employing 10% local staff when it should be 60%.

Orange converting main African data center to solar

Connecting Africa News
1/17/2022

Orange and Engie are joining forces to convert Orange's main data center in Africa, in Côte d'Ivoire, to solar power.

SA's Teraco selling majority stake to Digital Realty

Connecting Africa News
1/4/2022

US cloud computing company Digital Realty is buying a controlling stake in SA data center group Teraco.

Equinix gets into Africa with $320M MainOne buy

Connecting Africa News
12/7/2021

By buying Funke Opeke's company, Equinix is getting into an African data center market that has doubled in capacity in the last three years.

SACS cable sees tenfold traffic growth

Connecting Africa News
10/20/2021

Angola Cables' South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) has seen a major increase in traffic with more African telcos looking for direct access to markets in the Americas.

Africa Data Centres planning major expansion

Connecting Africa News
9/7/2021

Africa Data Centres is planning to build ten hyperscale data centers in ten African countries over the next two years, spending over US$500 million.

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.

Nokia to deploy Africell's new 5G-ready network in Angola

Connecting Africa News
7/12/2021

Nokia and Africell have signed a major deal to deploy a new 5G-ready network in Angola.

Raxio Group announces data center investment in Mozambique

Industry Announcements
7/9/2021

Following its investments in Uganda, Ethiopia and DRC, the Raxio Group is investing to build and operate Mozambique's first Tier III data center.

Nigerian minister expands social media ban

Connecting Africa News
6/10/2021

Nigerian minister of information Lai Mohammed says social media must be Nigerian and licensed, following widely criticized Twitter ban.

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.

Raxio plots African growth with data center in Uganda

Connecting Africa News
5/26/2021

Data center developer Raxio has launched Uganda's first Tier III carrier-neutral data center.

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.

Open P-TECH to provide 50,000 SA youth with digital training

Industry Announcements
3/12/2021

IBM and Junior Achievement South Africa's Open P-TECH for Africa program will provide 50,000 South African students with digital skills.

Raxio Group to build carrier-neutral data centers in DRC

Industry Announcements
3/4/2021

The Raxio Group plans to build three carrier-neutral data centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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.

Orange to build data center for Egypt's 'new capital'

Connecting Africa News
2/9/2021

Orange Business Services will design and build cloud-based ICT infrastructure for Egypt's new smart city and the country's 'New Administrative Capital.'

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.

Tech gamechangers?

Flash Poll
10/13/2020

Which technology will impact Africa the most in the next five years?

Orange commits to keep intra-African data traffic in Africa

Connecting Africa News
10/8/2020

Orange has announced it is creating two new international voice points of presence in Nigeria and plans to open a data clearing house in Africa next year.

Dimension Data growing African data centers

Connecting Africa News
9/28/2020

Dimension Data has begun construction on a new data center in Johannesburg to meet an expanding need for infrastructure across the African market.

MTN Ghana goes to top court to resolve dominance case

Connecting Africa News
9/7/2020

MTN Ghana is taking its fight against the decision by the Ghanaian regulator to declare it a significant market power (SMP) to the country's highest court.

Orange and DeBeers team to mine IoT marine diamonds

Connecting Africa News
9/4/2020

Orange Business Services has helped De Beers Marine South Africa build an IoT platform to ensure marine miners keep a safe distance from heavy machinery.

Eyeing pan-African prize, Ecobank gives fintechs a sandbox

Connecting Africa News
9/1/2020

Ecobank takes its African Banking Sandbox live, as it attempts to gain a tech edge in open banking over pan-African banking rivals.

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MTN unveils API marketplace for developers

Connecting Africa News
8/5/2020

MTN is launching a pan-African API marketplace for developers called Chenosis.

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Africa Tech Festival aims to virtually unite tech and talent

Connecting Africa News
7/16/2020

The Virtual Africa Tech Festival is on a mission to unite tech and talent in Africa and drive digital transformation by bringing the continent's tech industry together in a fully virtual event.

New Virtual Africa Tech Festival launched

Industry Announcements
7/15/2020

AfricaCom and AfricaTech will go ahead as virtual events, as part of the new Virtual Africa Tech Festival.

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.

COVID-19 boosts META cloud spend

Connecting Africa News
5/20/2020

Public cloud is proving to be an exception to the COVID-19 slowdown rule, with IDC predicting higher spending in META following the outbreak.

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.

Sparkle expands to Morocco

Connecting Africa News
4/30/2020

Italian service provider Sparkle is expanding its reach into North Africa by opening a new point of presence in Casablanca, Morocco.

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.

New dates for Connecting Africa event series

Industry Announcements
4/1/2020

Informa Tech has announced new dates for East Africa Com and West Africa Com.

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Safaricom pens cloud deal with AWS

Paula Gilbert
2/27/2020

Safaricom will become both a customer and a reseller of Amazon Web Services cloud services in East Africa.

Etisalat tests open RAN in Africa through Parallel Wireless

Paula Gilbert
2/19/2020

Telecoms giant Etisalat is set to trial open RAN solutions across its markets in Africa using technology from Parallel Wireless.

Ethiopian EdTech startup Gebeya scores $2M investment

Connecting Africa News
2/10/2020

Ethiopia's Gebeya has raised $2 million from Orange Digital Ventures, Partech and Consonance Investment Managers.

MTN & ZTE Trial 5G in Uganda

Connecting Africa News
1/21/2020

MTN Uganda and ZTE have jointly tested East Africa's first 5G network.

Angola Cables Trials Cutting Edge Tech on Direct Subsea Link to US

Ray Le Maistre
1/20/2020

Using state-of-the-art optical technology, Angola Cables has forged a high-capacity subsea data connection between Africa and the US, via Brazil.

SA Companies Back Away From Public Cloud

Paula Gilbert
11/25/2019

South African companies have outranked the global and EMEA averages in moving applications out of the public cloud and back onto premises-based infrastructure, according to a new study.

AfricaCom 2019 Preview

Slideshows
10/11/2019

With just a month to go before AfricaCom 2019 kicks off, here is a taste of what to expect in Cape Town in November.

Vodacom Foundation & Google Partnership to Accelerate Africa's Digital Skills Development

Industry Announcements
10/7/2019

The Vodacom Foundation has partnered with Google to accelerate the empowerment of youth in South Africa with digital skills required for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Vodafone Brings open RAN to DRC & Mozambique

Connecting Africa News
10/7/2019

Vodafone is trialing open RAN technology in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique to broaden its base of suppliers and extend rural Internet access.

Women in Tech Interview: Microsoft SA's Lillian Barnard

Paula Gilbert
10/4/2019

Microsoft SA managing director Lillian Barnard spoke to Connecting Africa about the rise of cloud in Africa and how she feels flying the flag for women in ICT.

South African Investment Fund Eyes Stake in Liquid Telecom – Report

Iain Morris
9/27/2019

PIC will reportedly guarantee a loan by Deutsche Telekom and acquire stock at a discount during a potential forthcoming IPO, said Bloomberg's sources.

Oracle Planning Cloud Region in South Africa

Connecting Africa News
9/18/2019

Oracle has put South Africa on the list of new Oracle Cloud regions to be launched by the end of 2020.

Africa to Embrace Hybrid Cloud

Paula Gilbert
9/16/2019

Cloud services in Africa will run on both public and private cloud platforms and be provided by a mix of global players and local or regional players, finds industry analyst.

Cloud Services a Game Changer for Digital Transformation

Paula Gilbert
9/13/2019

Connecting Africa's 'Cloud Evolution in Africa' webinar revealed that cloud services are a game changer for Africa and without adequate access to these services, digital transformation loses some of its depth and meaning.

University of Pretoria Benefits From e-Learning in the Cloud

Paula Gilbert
8/19/2019

South Africa's University of Pretoria has moved its e-Learning platform into the cloud and has seen a big bump in usage, with mobile playing an important part.

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Hot startup of the month: Rwanda's Smart Ikigega

This month's hot startup, Smart Ikigega, wants to revolutionize the rural agricultural trade ecosystem in Rwanda by helping farmers access finance and harvest insurance.

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Deep dive into East Africa's tech startup ecosystem

New survey reveals a lack of access to investors, reliance on international VCs and global recession trends as the biggest barriers for East African tech startups to access funds.

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Omdia View: July 2022

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Kenya and Zambia move towards 5G with new spectrum allocations while Tunisie Telecom plans to shut down its 3G network - that and more in this month's Omdia View.

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Omdia View: June 2022

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5G was the major news trend across Africa in June, as Orange became the first operator to launch 5G in Réunion and operators in Senegal accelerated their 5G plans despite spectrum delays.

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