Angola Cables has a very extensive network, with more than 20 points of presence (PoP) around the world. CSquared Ghana wants to take advantage of this network to expand its reach to other African markets as demand for high-speed connectivity accelerates on the continent. CSquared Ghana, a company specializing in the construction and operation of fiber...
Paratus Namibia has installed the first fibre connection at Ohakweenyanga village, just outside Ongwediva, fulfilling a promise made last year to provide fibre connectivity to underserved northern areas of the country. The company notes it is now able to provide mobile LTE, fibre and fixed wireless broadband services on its own infrastructure in the northern towns...
Paratus Botswana has confirmed the installation of the first independent fibre in Gaborone’s Central Business District, effectively linking up the local business community to its network. According to a statement released to the media, the service provider initially invested in microwave infrastructure, creating an independent ring in Gaborone and extended that across the border into...
The telecommunications networks of Cameroon and Central African Republic (CAR) will be interconnected via land-based fibre optic network infrastructure by January 2023. This follows an MoU signed this week in Yaounde between Cameroon’s Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Minette Libom Li Likeng and CAR’s Minister of Digital Economy, Posts and Telecommunications Justin Gourna Zacko. The...
TelOne, Zimbabwe’s state-owned fixed broadband and voice telephony provider, says it is seeking funding under the latest phase of the country’s National Broadband Plan to deploy fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks. The operator plans to cover 100,000 homes with fibre over the next five years, while it will also use 4G LTE technology to offer wireless connectivity for another...
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa), an industry body that represents over 200 ISPs in South Africa, has lodged an objection with the Competition Commission over Vodacom’s plan to buy a significant minority stake in Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) parent CIVH. Ispa said in a statement on Friday that it is concerned that if...
Vodacom Tanzania PLC has signed a contract with The National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) worth US$ 4.59-million that will allow the operator to use the government-owned fibre optic cable infrastructure to enhance connectivity in rural Tanzania. According to a statement released, this investment comes after an initial investment of US$6,223,500 in October 2021 and is...
The demand for high-speed connectivity continues to grow in Kenya and across Africa. Companies operating in other sectors such as energy and electricity make their infrastructure available to operators seeking resources to meet demand. Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), Kenya’s state-owned pipeline company, launched its fiber optic cable on Thursday (April 7th), entering the Kenyan internet market. The...
Togo’s Minister of the Digital Economy and Digital Transformation, Cina Lawson, has said that the African nation plans to fiberise its entire network of electricity power lines, now that it is connected to Google’s Equiano submarine cable – which is expected to be ready for service (RFS) in Q4 2022. Business media journal Quartz quotes...
Uganda is now saving 4 trillion shillings annually in costs because of its national backbone infrastructure says Dr Hatwib Mugasa, Executive Director of the National Information Technology Authority – Uganda (NITA-U). Speaking at the Huawei ICT Congress 2022 hosted recently in Kampala, Dr Mugasa said because of the national backbone infrastructure project, government services have...
