11+ hour, 56+ min ago   (235+ words) South Africa-based Digital Parks Africa (DPA) says it’s expanding into West Africa with plans to develop a new carrier-neutral data centre in Nigeria in association with the Master Power Technologies Group. The new facility, Nigeria Data Centre 1 (NDC1), will be built…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (234+ words) The LuLu Coastal Cable System the Kenyan coast’s first fully protected coastal cable system, has been announced at this week’s ITW Africa digital infrastructure and connectivity event, held in Nairobi. LuLu is a submarine cable designed to strengthen connectivity along…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (217+ words) Digicel PNG and Vodafone PNG announced on Tuesday they have signed a tower sharing licence agreement that will enable both telcos to share tower infrastructure across Papua New Guinea. Under the partnership deal, Digicel and Vodafone will be able to…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (307+ words) Vodafone Business, Cassava Technologies and Elsewedy Electric signed an agreement on Tuesday to establish Africa Data Centers Egypt, a data centre project that will include Egypt's first sovereign AI data centre powered by Nvidia GPUs. Africa Data Centres Egypt aims…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (254+ words) Developing Telecoms Malawi activates 36th rural telecom tower under Last Mile project Malawi has activated a new telecommunications tower in Lilongwe Nyanja, taking the number of operational towers under the government's Last Mile Rural Connectivity Project to 36 as it expands mobile…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (273+ words) MTN is exploring banking licences in selected markets as it looks to expand its fintech business and eventually provide loans from its own balance sheet. Speaking to journalists in Johannesburg, South Africa, MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita said lending is…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (308+ words) Paratus Uganda said on Monday it has become the first service provider in the country to launch Starlink’s LEO satellite service after the Uganda Communication Commission approved Starlink’s provisional operational licence in May. Paratus Uganda said the integration of Starlink…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (334+ words) Nigeria has announced what it calls a National Digital Cloud Policy aimed at attracting US$750 million in private investment within 24 months and positioning Nigeria as a major cloud computing and data-hosting hub for West Africa and the wider African market....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (144+ words) Robi Axiata drops Airtel youth brand, renames it 'Cirkle' Developing Telecoms Bangladesh telco Robi Axiata officially retired the Airtel name – which has served as its youth brand for the past ten years – on Monday with the launch of a new…...