Two new roaming agreements signed in West Africa

Regulators in several West African markets have signed agreements that will facilitate roaming. Senegal’s Authority of Regulation of Telecommunications and Post (L’Autorite de Regulation des Telecommunications et des Postes, ARTP) and the Regulatory Authority of Mauritania (Autorite de Regulation, ARE) have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see the regulators work together on limiting cross-border interference....

Six West African countries sign a memorandum of understanding for the construction of the Amilcar Cabral submarine cable

This high-speed infrastructure bears the name of Amilcar Lopes da Costa Cabral, hero of the independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. It was originally supposed to connect Guinea and Cape Verde. The Amilcar Cabral submarine telecom cable to connect Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Sierra Leone is gradually taking shape. The Ministers of Information and...

Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire regulators start Ecowas roaming pilot talks

The Ghanaian National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Cote d’Ivoire (ARTCI) have begun an Economic Community of West Africa States (Ecowas) roaming meeting with representatives of their mobile network operators. It is expected to end on 22 February. The aim is to establish a framework for a proposed ECOWAS Roaming pilot...

MTN ‘exploring sale’ of some West Africa assets

MTN Group is considering divesting some of its smaller operations in West Africa, according to people familiar with the situation. MTN Group is considering divesting some of its smaller operations in West Africa as its focuses on core markets, people familiar with the matter said. Africa’s biggest mobile phone company is currently reviewing its portfolio in...

West Africa: ECOWAS Aims to Assist Member States Fight Cybercrime, Deal With Digital Evidence

The ECOWAS Commission aims to assist Member States to build capacity in units dedicated to fighting cybercrime and dealing with digital evidence. As such through the project ‘Organised Crime: West African Response on Cybersecurity and fight against Cybercrime (OCWAR-C) representatives from Member States Cybercrime recently met in Dakar-Senegal ECOWAS, according to a news release. The...

West Africa’s Rack Centre racks up additional certification

Rack Centre, an Actis majority-owned carrier and cloud -neutral Tier III datacentre, has secured BSI ISO 45001 certification. In a statement the company explained that the certification is an international standard for health and safety work developed by national and international committees, independent of governments. It is designed to help organisations implement a safe working...

Avanti and Free sign deal to build new satellite gateway in Senegal

Avanti Communications, which provides satellite data communications services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Free Senegal have signed a five-year partnership agreement under which Free will build and host a new satellite gateway in the country for Avanti’s HYLAS 4 Ka-band satellite. The gateway will extend HYLAS 4’s coverage to Senegal and the neighbouring West African countries...

MainOne expands Global Cloud Connect services

MainOne, the leading provider of connectivity solutions for businesses in West Africa is empowering enterprises to adopt Cloud technology by connecting businesses across the region directly and privately to public cloud service providers. The MainOne Cloud Connect service ensures direct, secure, and reliable network connectivity between enterprise data centers or office locations and public cloud...

Intersat selects Eutelsat for Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Senegal Connectivity

Eutelsat Communications (Eutelsat) and Intersat have signed a multi-year deal to provide internet connectivity in Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Senegal. Eutelsat’s collaboration with Intersat, a provider of African Internet solutions, represents several hundred megabytes per second to address the connectivity needs of enterprises, institutions and individuals in the aforementioned countries. “At Intersat we strive to...

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