4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (491+ words) Liquid Intelligent Technologies Kenya says the continent's data-centre capacity is becoming a major concern for African telecom executives, as the Cassava Technologies-owned operator pushes deeper into AI and cloud services. Africa accounts for just 0.6% of the world's data-centre capacity, Liquid…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (322+ words) The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has opened a public consultation on a proposal to introduce a standalone licence category for data centres, according to a notice signed by its director-general and CEO, David Mugonyi. The regulator currently oversees commercial…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (261+ words) Paratus is hosting a welcome reception for customers, partners and industry leaders attending ITW Africa. The group will be represented by senior executives and sales teams, including Group Chief Technical Officer Gert Duvenhage and Paratus Kenya Country Manager Joseph Kibwott....

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (143+ words) ITWeb Africa Safaricom Ethiopia has built more than 3,500 network sites since receiving its licence, extending coverage to about 60% of Ethiopia's population. All its sites are 4G-enabled and 5G-ready. "This represents one of the fastest network rollouts by a greenfield telecom…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (244+ words) The Kenyan government has assembled a multi-agency team to investigate a breach at the Business Registration Service (BRS) after Moldovan firm B2BHint was reported to have accessed data belonging to Kenyan-registered companies, including shareholders' residential addresses and telephone numbers. The breach…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (315+ words) Tallinn-based regulatory technology company Instarc has secured a €1.25 million strategic investment led by HFO Investments to accelerate the commercial rollout of its cloud-native compliance platform in South Africa. HFO Investments, advised by Athena Capital and Option 3 Capital, has joined Instarc…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (285+ words) US-based cybersecurity company Cybastion plans to invest $75 million in an artificial intelligence-powered data centre and power plant in Douala, Cameroon, as part of nearly $7 billion in US investment and trade opportunities identified between the two countries. The investment was announced…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (627+ words) WIOCC Group, a digital infrastructure firm, has secured $300 million to accelerate expansion across Africa. This follows the signing of a Shareholder Subscription Agreement with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Vision International Investment Company (Vision Invest), through which the two investors…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (314+ words) Digicloud Africa, Google’s enablement partner in Africa and the exclusive distributor of Google Security Operations (SecOps) across Africa, is actively recruiting new partners to take advantage of the ‘massive’ Google SecOps opportunity. Chris Richardson, Head of Cloud Strategy at Digicloud…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (315+ words) Swedfund is providing a $20 million loan to the Africa Go Green Fund (AGGF) to support companies that reduce emissions and improve energy efficiency across Africa. According to Swedfund, Sweden’s state-owned development finance institution, the investment will increase access to debt…...