Libya: Internet service provider Rawafed signs a new agreement with Eutelsat to strengthen its services

According to DataReportal statistics, more than half of the Libyan population does not have access to the Internet. Rawafed relies on space technology to improve the quality and coverage of its services in a context marked by strong demand for high-speed connectivity.  Eutelsat OneWeb, the operating unit of Eutelsat Group, announced on Wednesday December 13...

Liberia to connect to second submarine fiber optic cable with support from the World Bank

The Liberian government aims to make digital technology one of the pillars of the country’s socio-economic development. Last July, the executive revealed that it was preparing the launch of a national digital transformation project, in partnership with the telecoms regulator. Liberia will soon connect to a second submarine fiber optic cable to boost its broadband capabilities. The...

CSquared and Adtran partner to boost Liberian fibre connectivity

Liberia’s only wholesale infrastructure provider, CSquared, has announced that it is using FSP 3000 open optical transport technology from fibre networking solutions company Adtran to bring high-speed broadband connectivity to homes and businesses across Liberia. With comprehensive fibre assurance, Adtran says its solution enables CSquared to rapidly deploy an open-access 350-kilometre backbone connecting Liberia to...

Liberia: Vanu will deploy at least 200 telecom towers for Orange over the next two years

About 62% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa lives in rural areas. These areas represent a market niche with high growth potential for telecom operators, as they are only weakly covered by telecom networks. Telecom operator Orange Liberia has begun implementing a service agreement signed last November with Vanu, Inc. to extend its mobile network to...

Liberia gets $3.9m ADF grant to modernise payments infrastructure

The African Development Fund (ADF) has approved $3.9 million grant to finance the upgrade of Liberia’s payments infrastructure and systems. The project’s primary objective is to strengthen the payments ecosystem in Liberia for increased efficiency and to foster growth and innovation. It targets the automated cheque processing and automated clearing house and real-time gross settlement...

U.S. Commits to Building Nationwide Fiber Optic Network in Liberia in Partnership with CSquared

 In 2014, Liberia had already benefited from a digital infrastructure project funded by the United States. The project aimed to connect 51 Liberian government institutions to reliable high-speed networks. US President Joe Biden said last week that his government was working with Kenyan company CSquared to set up a nationwide fiber optic network in Liberia. This investment...

Liberia: the historic operator LIBTELCO changes its name and enters the mobile segment

Since President Weah came to power in 2018, the government has multiplied initiatives to make the public telecom company more dynamic. One of them led in 2020 to the modification of the telecoms law which transforms the national operator. The incumbent Liberian telecommunications operator LIBTELCO (Liberia Telecommunication Corporation) is getting a makeover. The state-owned company will now...

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