The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has warned that fibre network operators in South Africa shouldn’t assume customers want to receive free speed upgrades and should give them the option of paying less to keep their line speed unchanged. The association, which represents many of South Africa’s ISPs, said on Monday that although speed upgrades are...
A new report says Ethiopian businesses have lost about US$146-million due to the internet shutdown in the Tigray region last year that affected over one million internet users. The report by Top10VPN, a VPN service provider, said there was no internet connection for a total of 8 760 hours in 2022. In addition to crippling digital...
TOUR Operators in Tanzania and some tour leaders worldwide have expressed their joy as hikers are now able to communicate with the rest of the world on top of Mount Kilimanjaro, many salutes to the Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTCL) for bringing the world to the iconic mountain, which attracts thousands of tourists every year. On...
Microsoft Corp aims to secure internet access for 100 million more people in Africa by 2025, teaming up with a satellite provider and setting the stage for longer-term cloud adoption, its President Brad Smith told Reuters. The software maker has long pushed to bring more people online, playing the role of facilitator among telecoms and...
Particularly affected by the reorganizations to which the Covid-19 crisis has forced governments, the education system has been able to put in place solutions for educational continuity thanks to ICT and digitalisation. Gabon plans to connect 90% of schools to the Internet by 2026 in order to allow young people to have access to information...
HALF of Zimbabwe’s population has no access to the internet, a cabinet minister has said, warning that digital exclusion reinforces and deepens existing economic and social exclusion. ICTs minister Jenfan Muswere said although internet penetration has been increasing and now stands at just over 60 percent countrywide, actually access remains a huge challenge for many...
Economic growth in Africa can be secured by increasing access digital-first services of all types, including health, education and even entertainment content. So claims a report from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Trade (DIT) which highlights the potential of mobile and digital services to grow African economies and deliver an improved quality of life...
Most of Africa has to work three times more than higher-income countries for three times slower internet. In many of these countries, the internet is so slow that not even video calls are possible. This is according to a new internet divide study released by Surfshark, based on the annual digital wellbeing index (DQL 20220). The lowest-income...
A drop in the number of active internet and data subscriptions in Zimbabwe, as well as in the overall internet penetration rate, shows just how much of an impact the country’s struggling economy is having on telecommunications. This is according to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz), which, in its sector performance...
Uganda’s telecom companies have invested heavily in infrastructure services to boost internet access but the low number of users have limited their ability to lower internet costs for their customers including the Small and Medium Enterprises. This was revealed by Enid Edroma, the general manager, Corporate Affairs at MTN Uganda who said only about 35%...
