Africa Data Centres, a subsidiary of the Cassava Technologies Group, says its second Cape Town-based data centre facility will go live in the first quarter of 2024. The new 20MW facility, which has been under construction for over a year, has signed up new clients, as it enters the final phases of the multimillion-rand project. […]
Read MoreThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said the old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes are to remain legal tender indefinitely. While new currency notes were introduced last year with the old ones set to cease as legal tender, the apex bank on Tuesday extended “the legal tender status deadline of the old design of N200, […]
Read MoreAs part of the Africa Cyber Defense Forum (ACDF), Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.co.za) has today announced the opening of its first Transparency Center in the African region. The new center, located in Kigali, Rwanda, is opening as part of Kaspersky’s Global Transparency Initiative, established to highlight the reliability of the company’s solutions and advocate for greater transparency […]
Read MoreThe London Internet Exchange have announced that their interconnection hub in Nairobi, Kenya is now live and ready for business. LINX Nairobi is the new Internet Exchange Point (IXP) for East Africa, located out of three data centre locations across Kenya’s capital. The IXP has the vision to further enhance the countries connectivity and digital […]
Read MoreThe Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida has applauded the proposal by the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, to enlist and train three million Nigerians over a period of four years, which will make the country an exporter of digital skills. Maida, who spoke […]
Read MoreNews making the rounds of a planned acquisition of 9Mobile one of Nigeria’s telecoms operators by the leading operator in the industry MTN Nigeria Plc, has been deflated by a director of 9Mobile who is based in London. News emerged recently stating that the South African telecoms gaint was in talks to buy the Emerging […]
Read MoreIntelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks, and Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) have deployed more than 3,000 rural base satellite antennas across several countries in Africa since 2018, providing new telecommunication services to more than 8 million people. AMN is a group of companies that builds, owns, operates and […]
Read MoreThe Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, delivered a Keynote Address at the TranformBase AI Forum in King’s Place, London. The forum, curated by EdenBase, brought together 250+ senior innovative leaders and thinkers to delve into the future of emerging technologies, focused on AI, quantum computing, immersive technologies (AR/VR), blockchain, and […]
Read MoreEcobank Group, the pan-African banking Group, has said it is positioned as the ‘go to’ bank for payments and trade in Africa. Eric Odhiambo, Group Executive, Corporate and Investment Banking, Ecobank Group who was speaking on the ongoing Intra-African Trade Fair 2023 (IATF 2023) taking place in Cairo, Egypt, said the bank’s digital platforms facilitate […]
Read MoreLiquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a strategic partnership with Google Cloud in Africa. This collaboration aims to further enhance Liquid C2’s cloud and cyber security offerings, which can now be tailor-made to meet customer needs. The MOU between Liquid C2 and […]
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