Liquid Intelligent Technologies Uganda, part of the Liquid Intelligent Technologies group has unveiled its new brand identity in Uganda. In March this year, Liquid announced its rebranding strategy to provide a new layer of cyber security, cloud, compute and other managed services to clients. Ahmad Mokhles, Group Chief Operations Officer, said that the COVID-19 pandemic...
LIQUID Telecom, Africa’s leader in digital infrastructure, has completed one of the most audacious projects ever built on the continent, according to its founder and chairman of the Econet Group, Strive Masiyiwa. The latest project, which connects East and West Africa with a new high-capacity fibre link running 2,600-kilometre (km) across the Democratic Republic of...
Liquid Telecom has unveiled its new identity as Liquid Intelligent Technologies. The pan-African technology group also revealed its plan to go from being a telecommunications and digital services provider to a full one-stop-shop technology group through a group-wide rebrand. Over the last two decades, Liquid has firmly established itself as the leading pan-African digital infrastructure...
The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has snapped up 16% of the US$620-million bond issuance by Liquid Telecom, which according to ratings agency, Fitch, is facing risks emanating from regional uncertainties – but is on course for steady revenue performance. The 16% represents about US$100-million of the bond issue by Liquid – which has...
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) (www.PIDG.org) company, has committed to buy up to US$50,000,000 of a bond issue by Liquid Telecommunications, that is being launched on Monday 22rd February 2020. The bond (“The New Note Offering”) aims to raise US$600 million which will be used to refinance existing debt and...
Liquid Telecom Group has acquired the Middle East and Africa operations of Quattro Business Solutions (QBS), which specialises in Microsoft Dynamics enterprise software. The acquisition will enhance Liquid Telecom’s digital service offerings. QBS is an official indirect cloud solution provider for Microsoft Dynamics and currently supports over 800 partners in 25 countries, Liquid Telecom said. The purchase gives Liquid Telecom...
Liquid Telecom, Africa’s leading telecoms group, has renewed and expanded its Ku band capacity agreements on Eutelsat Communications’ EUTELSAT 7B satellite to support the extension of its VSAT broadband services. Liquid Telecom, Africa’s leading telecoms group, has renewed and expanded its Ku band capacity agreements on Eutelsat Communications’ EUTELSAT 7B satellite. Under this multi-year, multi...
Liquid Telecom is undergoing major changes – including a rebranding and a revised strategy for the next financial year. Last year, the company announced a rebranding to “Liquid Intelligent Technologies”, as well as restructuring which saw it retrench a number of employees. Its new strategy is to reposition its product set and move away from...
Liquid Telecom South Africa has concluded the restructuring process it started last year, with the company now upskilling staff and hiring new employees, as it follows a new strategy. So said Deon Geyser, the newly-appointed CEO of the company, in a video interview with ITWeb yesterday. Liquid Telecom South Africa appointed Geyser as new its CEO, effective...
African telco group Liquid Telecom is activating a new 82km cross-border link between South Africa and Botswana, as it seeks to improve connectivity between the latter country and Liquid’s 73,000km pan-African fibre network. The new link runs between Lobatse on the South African border and Botswana’s capital city Gaborone. Odirile Tamajobe, Managing Director of Liquid...
