Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, has acquired a fibre pair on the Equiano subsea cable, Google’s privately funded submarine cable. This will allow the company to transport traffic up to 12 Terabits, bringing a much-needed increase in international connectivity in Western and Southern Africa.
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Smart Africa and NADPA partner to advance the enforcement of personal data protection in Africa
The Smart Africa Alliance (SA) has signed an MOU with NADPA/RAPDP (network of African data protection authorities) to provide institutional support and enhance the enforcement capacities of the African national authorities.
New digital tax imposed in Ghana starting April
Part of the digitalization agenda being pursued to promote voluntary tax compliance, Ghanaian authorities have created an e-commerce and digital services registration portal to collect an 18.5% tax from non-resident companies such as Netflix, Alibaba, Amazon, Google, and online betting platforms, starting 1 April 2022.
Egypt continues talks on boosting internet speed in tourist facilities
The minister of communications and information technology Amr Talaat and minister of tourism and antiquities Khaled El-Enany have held a follow-up meeting to examine the latest developments in the project of raising internet speed in all tourist facilities, nationwide, especially in Sharm El-Sheikh as a first phase. This meeting was held as part of the arrangements for hosting the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP27).
SES orders third satellite from Thales Alenia Space for services across Europe, Africa and Asia
SES has ordered SES-26 a fully software-defined geostationary (GEO) satellite from Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo. SES-26 will maintain and expand the wide range of content delivery and connectivity services to broadcasters, media companies, telco operators, internet service providers and governmental organisations across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
Telesat inks agreement in Africa to bring its Lightspeed LEO satellite services to the continent
Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, and Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a leading pan-African technology group, announced a strategic cooperation agreement to explore reciprocal go-to-market strategies to bring Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services to Africa.
In Algeria, 5G will see the light by the end of the year
Minister of post and telecommunications, Karim Bibi Triki, announced that Algeria aims to launch 5G mobile networks “soon” and is currently addressing how to free up and optimize the needed radio frequency spectrum.
iSAT partners with Clear Blue Technologies to guarantee telecom services continuity
Competition in the satellite connectivity segment in Africa has increased. To reach more new consumers, operators are investing in improved Internet capabilities, among other things.
South Africa concludes spectrum auction profitably
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) confirmed the successful conclusion of the much-anticipated high-demand radio frequency spectrum auction. The auction involved six qualified bidders: Cell C, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, MTN, Rain Networks, Telkom and Vodacom.
Kenya plans to deploy 5G by 2022
This year, Kenya's telecom regulator is set to deploy its 5G network on a pilot basis. Matano Ndaro, director of licensing, compliance and standards at the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), announced that the regulator has developed a roadmap that outlines strategies to facilitate the deployment of this project. CA will start authorizing the first 5G pilot projects this year, then release the required spectrum bands and finally issue commercial 5G licenses.