Since 2020, demand for broadband connectivity has been growing in Africa, supported by the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting accelerated digital transformation. While the trend is expected to continue, Cape Verde is investing in strengthening its Internet capacity. EllaLink, an undersea fiber optic cable linking Europe to Latin America, has been commissioned in Cape Verde. This new...
A high-speed connection has been undertaken since May 2020 between the Senegalese and Cape Verdean capitals. Many opportunities for socio-economic growth are expected from this collaboration. The fiber optic interconnection from Senegal to Cape Verde has been completed. HMN Technologies, which specializes in providing advanced turnkey submarine network solutions, announced on Tuesday, January 11. It has in fact...
By the end of 2020, Cape Verde wants to be connected to the EllaLink submarine cable. Through Cabo Verde Telecom, the country has initiated the construction in Praia of the technical station which will house the new high-speed telecoms infrastructure. The work is expected to be completed in October. The Republic of Cape Verde has made a...
Work on the Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express (SHARE) cable is under way. Huawei Marine Networks (HMN), a provider of a submarine-network solutions this week announced the start of work on the SHARE cable, which will extend from West Africa far into the Atlantic Ocean.
An interesting new addition to the growing number of African countries looking at 5G is the Republic of Cabo Verde, some 560 kilometres off the west coast of mainland Africa. This news follows the award by Cabo Verde’s Multisectorial Regulatory Agency of the Economy (ARME) of commercial 4G LTE mobile licences to incumbent operators CVMovel...
