Teraco: A Digital Realty Company, a leading carrier-neutral data centre and interconnection services provider in South Africa, has announced the conclusion of a syndicated loan facility worth US$6.62bn, of which US$3.2bn will be used to finance the company’s continued growth and US$3.4bn will refinance and extend the average maturity profile of existing drawn debt
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Etihad Cargo and Astral Aviation to expand African network
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Astral Aviation Ltd to expand the partnership between the two parties and enhance the cooperation between Abu Dhabi and Nairobi, further growing Etihad Cargo’s reach into the African market
Paratus Zambia receives gateway license
Paratus Zambia, a part of the pan-African telecommunications company, Paratus Group, has been awarded the last available data gateway license in Zambia from the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA)
AfCFTA offers Africa’s youth to accelerate trade and industrialisation
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has offered opportunity for young people to accelerate Africa’s industrialisation and economic transformation through entrepreneurship, youths say, calling for an enabling policy framework
JDE chooses Orange Business Services for future-scalable connectivity infrastructure
Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE), a global coffee company, has deployed Orange Business Services secure end-to-end connectivity solutions for more than 120 locations worldwide based on Flexible SD-WAN