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The subsea cable damage on West Africa could take 5 weeks to repair

5 week restoration for damaged subsea cablesMaxwell Akalaare Adombila

Africa is served by a network of undersea internet cables

Seacom and Liquid maintain service during cable outages, highlight need for ISP redundancy

By Lindsey Schutters 15 Mar 2024

Philly Mapulane, Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies addresses the audience. Source: Lindsey Schutters

Africa Fibre Forum calls for increased infrastructure investment

By Lindsey Schutters 14 Nov 2023

iWayAfrica managed service solution launched in Kenya

iWayAfrica managed service solution launched in Kenya

3 Dec 2014

[AfricaCom 2014] Connected cars, IoT and the data revolution

[AfricaCom 2014] Connected cars, IoT and the data revolution

Leigh Andrews 17 Nov 2014

[AfricaCom 2014] FB's mission: to get Africa online

[AfricaCom 2014] FB's mission: to get Africa online

Sindy Peters 13 Nov 2014

[Mobile360] Enhance African mobile skills or miss the global digital citizenship wave

[Mobile360] Enhance African mobile skills or miss the global digital citizenship wave

Leigh Andrews 12 Nov 2014

Social networks 'in denial' on extremist use: senior UK spy

Social networks 'in denial' on extremist use: senior UK spy

5 Nov 2014

The flawed security software released by Vodacom meant some website received the IMEI numbers of users that logged onto their websites. Image:

Flaw in Vodacom software caused security leak

31 Oct 2014

A new marketing era?

Jessie Rudd 8 Oct 2014

Smart Rwanda days returns with a focus on digitising the country

Smart Rwanda days returns with a focus on digitising the country

1 Oct 2014

Discussing the future of Africa at the GIL Conference 2014

Discussing the future of Africa at the GIL Conference 2014

Cari Van Wyk 21 Aug 2014

Vodafone's Michael Joseph says Romania was chosen as a European country to get the Mpesa money transfer system because a large part of that country has an unbanked population. Image:

African technology expands to Europe

13 Aug 2014

Kenya Airways and Airtel sign MVNO agreement

Kenya Airways and Airtel sign MVNO agreement

8 Aug 2014

Tech4Africa comes to Cape Town

Tech4Africa comes to Cape Town

Tech4Africa 6 Aug 2014

PwC's Johan Potgieter says that digital and mobility are key issues that need to be addressed by businesses in South Africa. Image: LinkedIn

Mobile technology expansion needed

23 Jul 2014

Will Hahn, principal research analyst at Gartner

Driving IT growth in Africa

18 Jul 2014

Ethiopia's Communications Minister Redwan Hussein maintains the detention of Zone9 members is legal and is not an attempt to silence the government's critics. Image:

Ethiopian lawyer trying to get bloggers freed

18 Jul 2014

Orange to improve internet connectivity in West Africa

Orange to improve internet connectivity in West Africa

17 Jul 2014

AfricaCom 2014 reappoints Networx PR

AfricaCom 2014 reappoints Networx PR

10 Jul 2014

Drop in telecoms carriage fees will drive broadband access

Drop in telecoms carriage fees will drive broadband access

7 Jul 2014

Data boom pressures operators to speed up deployment of data centres

Peter Karaszi 20 Jun 2014

CAR's Prime Minister Andre Nzapayeke has banned all text messages in the country until further notice. Image:

All text messages banned in CAR

4 Jun 2014

[Net Prophet] Lessons from entrepreneurs

[Net Prophet] Lessons from entrepreneurs

Ilse van den Berg 22 May 2014

The Lumia 1020 and the Samsung side by side. Image:

Nokia, Microsoft never the twain

Toby Shapshak 12 May 2014

Key tech trends for businesses in Africa

Key tech trends for businesses in Africa

1 May 2014

Africa needs high quality solutions

Africa needs high quality solutions

23 Apr 2014

Internet exchange point opened in Swaziland

Internet exchange point opened in Swaziland

15 Apr 2014

Free broadcast text message could save lives in Africa each year. Floods in South Africa killed at least 32 people in March. Image: Vanessa O'Neale Crous

Text messages may save lives in flood-prone Africa

26 Mar 2014

University of Lagos to benefit from MainOne broadband

University of Lagos to benefit from MainOne broadband

18 Feb 2014

Telecel Zimbabwe has denied rumours that it is leaving the country. Image:

Telecel denies rumours of disinvestment in Zimbabwe

Samuel Mungadze 18 Feb 2014

Rebellion in the Dotcom Kingdom

Rebellion in the Dotcom Kingdom

Naseem Javed 6 Feb 2014

Gilat Satcom partners with DiViNetworks to boost network operators in Africa

29 Jan 2014

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iWayAfrica managed service solution launched in Kenya

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[AfricaCom 2014] Connected cars, IoT and the data revolution

Leigh Andrews 17 Nov 2014

[AfricaCom 2014] FB's mission: to get Africa online

[AfricaCom 2014] FB's mission: to get Africa online

Sindy Peters 13 Nov 2014

[Mobile360] Enhance African mobile skills or miss the global digital citizenship wave

[Mobile360] Enhance African mobile skills or miss the global digital citizenship wave

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Social networks 'in denial' on extremist use: senior UK spy

Social networks 'in denial' on extremist use: senior UK spy

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A new marketing era?

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Smart Rwanda days returns with a focus on digitising the country

Smart Rwanda days returns with a focus on digitising the country

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Discussing the future of Africa at the GIL Conference 2014

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Vodafone's Michael Joseph says Romania was chosen as a European country to get the Mpesa money transfer system because a large part of that country has an unbanked population. Image:

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Kenya Airways and Airtel sign MVNO agreement

Kenya Airways and Airtel sign MVNO agreement

8 Aug 2014

Tech4Africa comes to Cape Town

Tech4Africa comes to Cape Town

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PwC's Johan Potgieter says that digital and mobility are key issues that need to be addressed by businesses in South Africa. Image: LinkedIn

Mobile technology expansion needed

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Will Hahn, principal research analyst at Gartner

Driving IT growth in Africa

18 Jul 2014

Ethiopia's Communications Minister Redwan Hussein maintains the detention of Zone9 members is legal and is not an attempt to silence the government's critics. Image:

Ethiopian lawyer trying to get bloggers freed

18 Jul 2014

Orange to improve internet connectivity in West Africa

Orange to improve internet connectivity in West Africa

17 Jul 2014

AfricaCom 2014 reappoints Networx PR

AfricaCom 2014 reappoints Networx PR

10 Jul 2014

Drop in telecoms carriage fees will drive broadband access

Drop in telecoms carriage fees will drive broadband access

7 Jul 2014

Data boom pressures operators to speed up deployment of data centres

Peter Karaszi 20 Jun 2014

CAR's Prime Minister Andre Nzapayeke has banned all text messages in the country until further notice. Image:

All text messages banned in CAR

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[Net Prophet] Lessons from entrepreneurs

[Net Prophet] Lessons from entrepreneurs

Ilse van den Berg 22 May 2014

The Lumia 1020 and the Samsung side by side. Image:

Nokia, Microsoft never the twain

Toby Shapshak 12 May 2014

Key tech trends for businesses in Africa

Key tech trends for businesses in Africa

1 May 2014

Africa needs high quality solutions

Africa needs high quality solutions

23 Apr 2014

Internet exchange point opened in Swaziland

Internet exchange point opened in Swaziland

15 Apr 2014

Free broadcast text message could save lives in Africa each year. Floods in South Africa killed at least 32 people in March. Image: Vanessa O'Neale Crous

Text messages may save lives in flood-prone Africa

26 Mar 2014

University of Lagos to benefit from MainOne broadband

University of Lagos to benefit from MainOne broadband

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Telecel Zimbabwe has denied rumours that it is leaving the country. Image:

Telecel denies rumours of disinvestment in Zimbabwe

Samuel Mungadze 18 Feb 2014

Rebellion in the Dotcom Kingdom

Rebellion in the Dotcom Kingdom

Naseem Javed 6 Feb 2014

Gilat Satcom partners with DiViNetworks to boost network operators in Africa

29 Jan 2014

Hamas's armed wing says that it's Twitter account is being censored, favouring Israel. Image:

Twitter suspends account of Hamas armed wing

24 Jan 2014

Ghanaian government urged to integrate ICTs into curriculum

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8 Jan 2014

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David Hochner 6 Jan 2014

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African ICT development to accelerate through CPCIF

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Mobile internet key in Africa

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Lack of ICT infrastructure holds insurance market back

Lack of ICT infrastructure holds insurance market back

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