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Facebook Wants to Get “Billions” Across Africa Online

Facebook announced on Wednesday a series of new connectivity technologies that will bring the next billion people online and enhance existing infrastructure projects in Africa and elsewhere. Since 2013, Facebook Connectivity has helped bring more than 500-million people online to...

4 Ways Digitisation Can Unlock Africa’s Recovery from COVID-19

The UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development estimates that an additional $109 billion in investment is required to achieve universal, affordable, and good quality broadband internet access by 2030. To put this number into context, Vodafone – one of...

Why Africa Urgently Needs Affordable Broadband Internet, Especially Now

The director of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Jean-Paul Adam, told journalists during a virtual press briefing on 10 June 2020 that Africa contributes less than 1% to the world’s...

South Africa’s 9 Most Valuable Telecoms

South Africa is the continent's telecom powerhouse as it is home to Africa's largest and most valuable operators - Telkom, MTN, Vodacom. MTN is the largest mobile operator in the entire continent, while Vodacom dominates the market in South Africa...

Can You Recognise A Cyber Security Threat? New Study Says ‘Probably Not’

African countries, including Botswana, Kenya, and South Africa, were surveyed in 2019 to determine their preparedness to face threats from cybercrime by KnowBe4, an international security awareness training company. The study found that 53% of all Africans surveyed think that...

Liquid Telecom to deliver faster Internet speeds in Africa

Liquid Telecom has revealed that it has successfully migrated its customers to the Anycast Domain Name System (DNS). According to the company this guarantees near 100 per cent server uptime at much faster speeds than any other ISP in...

SEACOM to improve African internet experience

SEACOM has announced its latest partnership with CDNetworks. Looking to improve the African internet experience, SEACOM has deployed CDNetworks' content clusters and caching nodes on its Pan-African IP Network in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The nodes will accelerate and optimise...
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SAP Debuts Business Data Cloud with Databricks to Enhance AI

SAP SE has unveiled SAP Business Data Cloud, a breakthrough solution that combines all SAP and third-party data across...
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