Europe has launched a new satellite up into orbit, with the stated goal of providing broadband internet access to people in the areas hardest to reach by terrestrial connectivity means, including Africa.

O3b Networks has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal with Netcom Africa, a leading provider of satellite and wireless broadband solutions to provide low latency, high capacity broadband connectivity to ships and offshore platforms in Nigeria utilising O3b’s Medium Earth Orbit technology.

Innovative low-cost ICT solutions are boosting development in Africa and Latin America

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd have announced that it is providing a multi-million dollar broadband satellite communications network for a large gaming and lottery project in Africa.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.  recently announced that it is providing a broadband satellite communications network to Ethiopian Telecommunication Corp. (ETC), Ethiopia's national telecom operator.