Angola continues its path towards its ambition of space sovereignty. The country already has a telecom satellite and a satellite control center. Further investments in the sector are planned for the next few years. After the commissioning of its second telecom satellite, Angola wants to strengthen its space fleet with an Earth observation satellite called Angeo-1. The construction...
The Angolan telecom market has long been dominated by Unitel. The company has benefited in particular from the weak competition from the telecom operator Movicel, which has been losing momentum since 2019. The entry of Africell, which occurred in April 2022, is changing the structure of the market. Africell Angola continues to grow in the Angolan...
By setting up a set of digital projects, the Angolan executive expects to be able to satisfy citizens in their search for electronic services, namely to facilitate the obtaining of certain public services. The Angolan government will invest $89 million to build national cloud infrastructure, train technicians, store and unify government services. This was announced Thursday,...
Angola put its 2nd telecommunications satellite into orbit in October 2022 in partnership with Russia. The infrastructure should contribute to the development of telecoms, agriculture and other sectors of the Angolan economy. Angolan President João Lourenço authorized by presidential decree nº11/23, the commercialization of AngoSat-2, the 2 nd Angolan telecommunications satellite, after the completion of its test phase. The decree stems...
Raxio Group entered the African data center market in 2019. Since then, the company has multiplied investments to expand its geographical footprint on the continent. Until then, it was present in six African countries including Uganda, DRC, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia. Neutral data center builder and operator Raxio Group announced on Tuesday, January 17 that it is...
Angola’s newest mobile network operator Africell is expected to launch its ‘Afrimoney’ mobile money platform soon after it completes a six-month pilot of the service in April, according to a report from Expansao. Having received the requisite licence from the National Bank of Angola (BNA) to operate a mobile wallet/payment system in October 2022, Africell...
The Angolan government is stepping up initiatives to accelerate the development of the national telecom sector. The country recently acquired a telecommunications satellite in partnership with Russia. Angola will benefit from a loan of 249 million dollars from the People’s Republic of China to finance a national broadband project. An agreement was signed to this effect on...
Namacunde — “It is very gratifying to be able to accompany a pregnant woman from her first consultation until delivery,” says Leonor Teles Daniel, a nurse at Namacunde municipal hospital in Cunene, one of Angola’s drought-affected province. Responsible for the delivery room, she is proud to belong to a profession that cares for pregnant women....
Angola Telecom’s restructuring process continues. The government is seeking to take advantage of the expertise of the private sector to strengthen the capacities of the incumbent telecommunications operator in a context of accelerated digital transformation. The Angolan government has announced that it has entrusted the rehabilitation and extension of the transmission networks of the incumbent operator...
Angolan cellco Unitel has announced the launch of the country’s first commercial 5G service – a fixed wireless home broadband internet offering named ‘NetCasa’, initially covering customers in three zones of capital city Luanda, according to its online coverage map. Five NetCasa package options provide unlimited data volume at ‘guaranteed’ download speeds between 10Mbps and...
