Huawei pledges to help connect 120 million people in remote regions
Huawei vows to help Partner2Connect connect 120 million people in remote regions over the next three years.
The pledge is part of Partner2Connect, an initiative of the Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations (UN). The initiative was launched in October 2022. Ever since, organizatio... Read more
BlackBerry collaborates with Midis Group to boost growth in EMEA
Utilizing tech expertise to improve cyber security, BlackBerry has recently collaborated with Midis Group to boost growth across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
As one of the most famous tech brands globally, known for secure communications and smartphones, BlackBerry Limited announ... Read more
Linking China to Europe and Africa, Huawei undersea cable ends in Kenya
An undersea cable worth $425 million connecting China to Europe and Africa, representing Huawei Technologies as a shareholder, finally arrived in Kenya.
The 9,320 miles (15,000 km) cable, dubbed the Peace cable, is an essential part of what China calls its Digital Silk Road initiative. This init... Read more
First leg of Google’s massive undersea cable project reaches Togo
The cable aims to link Africa and Europe.
This week Google announced that the first branch of its Equiano underwater internet cable has landed in Lomé, Togo. The cable will eventually run from Cape Town, South Africa to Lisbon, Portugal. The massive fiber optic cable will be Google’s first to... Read more
Two big European mobile network operators discuss potential merger
Vodafone and Orange were talking about a potential merger without reaching an agreement. The merger can still happen.
French opposition
French authorities aren’t in favor of a proposed merger between Vodafone and Orange, Europe’s largest mobile provider. The companies had been in talks a... Read more
AWS opens its first data centres in Africa
Amazon Web Services expands its global data center network to Africa. Today the cloud giant announced the opening of an AWS region in Cape Town, South Africa. The data centre should be open by mid-2020 and customers will be able to have their workloads run locally for the first time.
AWS calls a gro... Read more