Uganda begins restoring access to the internet after 5-day shutdown
After a blackout beginning on 13 January 2021 ahead of the nationwide elections, internet connectivity as back up to 90% of ordinary levels
After a blackout beginning on 13 January 2021 ahead of the nationwide elections, internet connectivity as back up to 90% of ordinary levels
Telkom South Africa has selected the country’s third-largest fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) provider Frogfoot, as its third party fibre network operator as of 2 November 2020.
Subscriptions to broadband or high-speed Internet services in Nigeria have increased significantly to a peak of 82.7 million as at the end of August, 2020, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission.
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency continued its 20 years of support for Nigeria’s telecommunications sector by funding two projects that will help deliver fast and reliable internet to thousands of Nigerian households using U.S. technological solutions.
The Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana, Patricia Obo-Nai, has assured Vodafone’s current and prospective customers of the company’s commitment to continued investments into its fibre infrastructure to enable it deliver unmatched broadband services nationwide.
Link Africa moves on in bringing access to broadband fibre to more South Africans. The company announced to have added Supersonic, another major national Internet service provider (ISP), on its network.
South African homes have shifted to be fully online as we embrace home working, home schooling and even home socialising. Everything we do requires connectivity – and with a much higher demand for capacity and quality, slow speeds and unreliable Internet connections just won’t cut it.
In response to the increased demand for home connectivity during the COVID 19 lockdown in South Africa, Telkom reduces prices and removes caps on its copper-based DSL broadband portfolio to new customers
Loon and Vodacom partner to bring network access to previously uncovered populations via stratospheric internet balloons.
Since the start of lockdown, Telkom has stepped up for its customers reaffirmed its commitment to leave no man behind by providing access to affordable broadband connectivity.
The West Africa Cable System (WACS) has been fully repaired after an outage was registered on 27th March.
The Communications Authority of Kenya has released their latest Sector Statistics and it has shown that fixed broadband connections have shot up 12% in a quarter.
In order to enhance competition in the delivery of fixed broadband access Telkom and the Competition Commission (“Commission”) have reached an agreement that the introduction of a new aggregated wholesale solution removes concerns over the current IP Connect product.