Thuraya Telecommunications Company and its satellite broadband solutions provider YahClick have teamed up to launch their mobility and data services in South Sudan tying up with the South Sudanese start-up Gate for Technologies (G4T). Through this partnership, Thuraya and YahClick will provide several high-growth sectors in South Sudan with satellite-enabled connectivity solutions designed to serve...
Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing broadband service markets. In 2022, Africa’s broadband user growth rate was 11%, seven percent higher than the global average, and broadband penetration in Africa is expected to hit 20% by 2030. This is according to the ‘Africa Broadband Outlook 2023’ white paper, produced by global consulting company...
The African Union (AU) has urged member countries to create strategies and policies aimed at providing citizens with internet connectivity. With Africa still falling behind in broadband access, the African Union has encouraged countries to upgrade the continent’s broadband infrastructure in order to attain ultra-broadband, such as the latest fiber-to-the-room (FTTR) broadband internet connection technology....
Rwanda’s two mobile operators, MTN and Airtel, this week hit a milestone by launching 4G LTE networks in the East African nation. The launch comes after Rwanda’s government reversed its previous decision to depend on a single wholesale network for 4G, 5G and future communications technologies. In 2013, a venture deal between Korea Telecom, holding...
THE government may surpass the 80 per cent target of extension of broadband penetration in the country by 2025 due to its heightened commitment to invest on Information Communication Technology (ICT) to speed up digital transformation, it has been stated. Minister for Information, Communication and Information Technology, Mr Nape Nnauye disclosed this on Tuesday during...
The government of Tanzania has launched project Digital Tanzania to drive the country’s broadband penetration, which will benefit over 8.5 million people across the country upon completion. The Digital Tanzania project, which is driving the East Africa country’s broadband ambitions to achieve 80% penetration by 2025, is supported by the World Bank and mobile network...
Leading Zimbabwean broadband ISP, Dandemutande has invested US$5-million into an alliance with pan-African telecommunications infrastructure company Bandwidth and Cloud Services Group (BCS) to roll out a fibre network expansion project. The project has been organised to improve the redundancy of the ISPs network, as well as speed, resilience and uptime. Dandemutande will leverage BCS’ current...
The number of broadband subscriptions in Uganda now stands at 23.7 million after 232 000 were added between April and June 2022. This is according to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) which said that based on a year-on-year comparison, the 12 months ended June 2022 recorded 1.9 million new broadband subscriptions which represents an 8%...
Zimbabwe’s government has given the country’s National Broadband Plan the thumbs up, and officially approved the strategy to roll out broadband services nationally within the next seven years. The country aims to reduce the cost of broadband access from the current rate of 10.1% of a Zimbabwean’s average monthly income, to 2%. According to an...
Airtel Uganda has launched its first fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services for residential and business users. The new service, dubbed Airtel Xtreme, is available at 125 locations in the capital Kampala and there are plans for further expansion in Kampala and beyond. Connectivity is being offered at peak download rates of 10Mbps, 20Mbps and 50Mbps, according to...
