The US government’s development finance institution, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), has signed a mandate letter to begin financing discussions with Kenya’s Mawingu Networks (Mawingu)
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7digital and CAPASSO in pan-African licensing deal
Digital music platform 7digital has announced the agreement of a multi-territory licensing deal for Africa
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks sets new benchmark
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) has announced an innovation, which enables data transmission over a distance of 10,000 km using real-time processing prototypes of 300 gbps
Liquid Telecom launches Anycast DNS in Africa
Liquid Telecom has successfully migrated its customers to the Anycast Domain Name System (DNS), guaranteeing them near 100 per cent server uptime at faster speeds
Wananchi Group invests US$2mn in Internet deal
Telecoms firm Wananchi Group is investing US$2mn to offer free, high speed fixed Internet to more than 2,000 public and private schools in Nairobi, Kenya