16 February 2024
IHS Cameroon has committed to build 10 digital kiosks in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon by 2025, with five in each region.
The initiative, ‘Tower Kiosk by IHS Cameroon,’ was launched recently with the deployment of three of the 10 kiosks in the localities of Idenau, Santa and Tombel.
Find out more13 February 2024
Avanti Communications has welcomed Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP, the UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade, President of the Board of Trade, and Minister for Women and Equalities and Helen Grant MP, the UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Nigeria, to Lagos for a special meeting at its office in Ikoyi.
The meeting with the UK Government dignitaries, which took place on February 12th, was scheduled to discuss Avanti’s work across the country in the areas of rural connectivity and education.
19 December 2023
Zambia has connected the country’s first school - Kalomo Secondary School in the Southern province – to Starlink, some four months after it was granted permission to operate.
The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority enabled the moment by donating a Starlink kit and 20 laptops to the school. The link at the school with 2,000 students has the capacity to give internet connectivity to 200 devices at a speed of roughly 180Gbps.
Find out more18 December 2023
Botswana’s Digital Transformation Strategy has connected 609 schools to high-speed internet, giving over 387,000 pupils access to e-learning and other digital resources.
The government has also purchased 46,700 electronic devices under this programme, which will be distributed to teachers and students across the country in 2024, according to president Mokgweetsi Eric Masisi.
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