To support universal and affordable broadband access in Africa, and the opportunities that come with increased connectivity, IFC has announced a loan to Airtel Africa to help connect millions of new subscribers to mobile internet in six African countries
Commerce
Africa Data Centres to expand Sameer facility in Nairobi by 15MW of IT load
Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies a pan-African technology group, has secured a piece of land adjacent to its existing data centre in Nairobi, Kenya, and plans to expand the facility up to an extra 15MW of IT load
Cellulant and Solv Kenya partner in payments deal to Serve MSME
Leading Pan-African payments provider Cellulant and MSMEs-focused B2B digital platform Solv Kenya have signed a financial services partnership that will enable Solv Kenya’s expanding MSME partners to access digital payment and collections services offered by Cellulant
WIOCC to activate its fibre pair on Equiano cable with Ciena
WIOCC, a leading provider of digital connectivity and infrastructure across Africa, is working with Ciena, to become the first operator to activate a fibre pair on the new Equiano submarine cable system
Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Zayo partner to expand global network coverage
Leading pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, has announced their partnership with Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., a global leader in communications infrastructure