Tag: Connectivity

Namibia intends to use the upcoming eighth National ICT Summit to showcase its adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). The Ministry of ICT is organising the event, which will be held ...

According to industry reports, the telecommunications landscape in Sudan is poised for a major transformation with a US$3 million investment in advanced networking equipment and the recent activation of a ...

Sierra Leone's government has signed a US$50 million agreement with China National Technical Import & Export Corporation to help fund a SMART Sierra Leone Project. Sierra Leone's Ministry of Communications, ...

Paratus, an independent provider of last-mile and satellite-based connectivity, has become the first company to offer Starlink services in Botswana. This follows the recent approval from the Botswana government for ...

Starlink has been launched in Botswana, making it the third country bordering South Africa to get the SpaceX-owned satellite internet service. While Starlink has yet to publish a launch date ...

Telecom Namibia is set to launch its commercial 5G deployment in 2026, following its peer MTC's first 5G testing in partnership with Huawei. Dr. Stanley Shanapinda, CEO of Telecom Namibia, ...

Ericsson's "Mobility Report June 2024" predicts significant growth in 5G subscriptions in Sub-Saharan Africa, with an expected increase from 11 million in 2023 to 320 million by 2029. This growth ...

In Kenya, Safaricom is lobbying the Communications Authority (CA) to block foreign satellite internet providers (ISPs), including Elon Musk's, from operating there without adequate and proper licensing. The telco has ...

In South Africa, Cell C Chief Technology Officer Schalk Visser recently announced that the company is conducting 5G tests with its network partners, Vodacom and MTN. In addition to this, ...

BMA has learnt that Zambia spent more than US$14 million on building its first satellite station. According to Science and Technology Minister Felix Mutati, the facility will be launched on ...