Africell launched its commercial activities in Angola in April 2022. Its network currently covers four provinces: Luanda, Benguela, Huíla and Kwanza Sul. Angolan mobile network operator Africell Angola plans to double the number of communication towers and expand its services to four new provinces in the country in 2024. This was revealed by Jorge Vasquez,...
The Angolan government is increasing initiatives to guarantee high-speed Internet to the population. The executive is already using the AngoSat-2 telecommunications satellite to provide free high-speed Internet connectivity to hospitals, administrations, schools and universities in the country. The Angolan government has finalized a loan agreement worth USD 248 million with the Chinese Export-Import Bank (China Eximbank),...
The Angolan satellite ANGOSATA-2 already ensures the effective connection of more than 150 remote locations in the country to telecommunications services, including the Internet. The fact was revealed by the Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication, Mário Oliveira, on Tuesday in Luanda, at the end of World Space Week, observed from October 4...
Raxio Group plans to build a dozen data centers in Africa. In April 2023, the company secured $170 million in funding to accelerate its growth and expand its footprint on the continent. Neutral data center builder and operator Raxio Group has started construction work on its first data center in Angola. Called “Raxio Angola”, the level 3...
Starlink, the global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite broadband operator owned by SpaceX, is expected to expand its commercial services to Angola in the fourth quarter of this year, subject to permission from the Angolan Institute of Communications (Instituto Angolano das Comunicacoes, INACOM), news site Expansao reported. Starlink is currently accepting advance sign-ups for Angolan internet...
Africell Angola, which launched mobile services in Luanda city and province in April 2022, has expanded its commercial network presence to its fourth province, Huila, this month with the availability of services in provincial capital Lubango. Previously, the Africell mobile network was expanded to Benguela province in December 2022, and in July 2023 the cellco...
Angola was added to the 2Africa cable in August 2021. The infrastructure is expected to connect 33 countries on three continents and provide improved connectivity to more than three billion people. The 2Africa fiber optic submarine cable of the eponymous consortium led by the American company Meta will land on the Angolan coast on July...
Liquid will directly connect Angola to Zambia through its fibre network in Zambia Liquid Dataport, has announced plans to expand its fibre backbone to connect Luanda, Angola and Lusaka, Zambia directly. This follows Liquid’s launch of a new 2500km fibre link between Lobito, Angola and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The company, part...
Expansao reports that Angola’s government is negotiating with an unnamed African investor on a proposed sale of a stake in struggling mobile operator Movicel. According to the report, the deal under consideration could include management control, with talks said to be at an ‘advanced’ stage. TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database notes that state-owned Angola Telecom holds an 18%...
Angola’s Minister for Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Media, Mário Oliveira, announced that the fibre optics connection between Angola and Zambia will commence operations on Wednesday. This milestone aims to strengthen technological ties with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Minister Oliveira revealed that initial testing will be conducted before the project progresses further. He...
