Pan-African ICT service provider SEACOM is seeking to extend its operations across Africa in 2014
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Kenya's data and smartphone usage fuelling East African connectivity
Spurred by increased connectivity to the world through underwater cables, data usage in Kenya is on the rise with the countrys is set to become home to an estimated 4.3mn smartphone users by the end of 2013
Flexiant joins forces with Africa Cloud Services
Provider of cloud management software for cloud orchestration, Flexiant, is working with Africa Cloud Services to support its plans to expand into the African market
Safaricom acquires stake in TEAMS underwater cable
Mobile phone services firm Safaricom Limited has acquired a 10 per cent stake in The East Africa Marine System (TEAMS) undersea fibre optic company after it bought out rival firm Essar for US$11mn
Internet set to transform Africa's economies, states new report
A new McKinsey report released at this years ITU Telecom World in Bangkok has highlighted how the fast growth of Africas Internet usage could add US$300bn a year to the continents GDP by 2025, while transforming key sectors including agriculture, retail and health