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TV White Space project receives funding for deployment in South Africa

Jenna Delport -
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to support an Adaptrum project designed to help improve internet access to rural areas of South Africa on Monday, 5 August 2019. The grant aims to fund several...
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Affordable broadband for Africa: A dream that can be realised

Staff Writer -
Africa can achieve affordable and widespread broadband access, if the public sector takes the lead in creating a competitive environment, and partners with private organisations to stimulate capital spending on necessary infrastructure. There is a polytechnic university in Koforidua, a...
Mobile and Telecoms

Kenya’s TV white spaces network to be expanded

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The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s Development Finance Institution, has signed a mandate letter to begin financing discussions with Mawingu Networks, a provider of solar-powered wireless Internet across rural Kenya. OPIC’s President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield is...
Mobile and Telecoms

Botswana Innovation Hub launches new TV white spaces pilot project

Staff Writer -
The Botswana Innovation Hub, in collaboration with Microsoft, the Botswana-UPenn Partnership (BUP), Global Broadband Solutions, Vista Life Sciences, BoFiNet, Adaptrum and USAID-NetHope, has launched a new TV white spaces (TVWS) pilot project. The project, known as Project Kgolagano, will provide...
Mobile and Telecoms

Namibia: Microsoft trials largest TV white spaces project

Staff Writer -
Back in June 2014, Microsoft successfully launched the implementation phase of the TV White Space (TVWS) pilot project in Limpopo. The pilot project was part of the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative and its end goal was to help ignite Africa’s...
Mobile and Telecoms

Microsoft brings tech to the classroom with TV White Space

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Microsoft South Africa, in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the University of Limpopo, and local networking firm Multisource, with regulatory support from the Independent Communications Authority of South...
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South Africa: Google part of country’s first TVWS trial

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Carlson Wireless has announced the launch of the first TV White Space (TVWS) trial in South Africa. Led by Google, the trial will test TVWS wireless broadband in ten schools across the Cape Town area. Carlson, the project's equipment vendor,...
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PayPal and TerraPay Unite to Expand Cross-Border Payments Across MEA

PayPal has announced a strategic partnership with TerraPay, a leading global money movement platform, to enable real-time fund transfers...
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