29 September 2023

WASP Digital has announced its Africa Connective collaboration with SDWAN & SASE Solutions, an alliance that aims to not only reshape the networking landscape across Africa, propelling it into an era of advanced connectivity and fortifying the continent’s digital transformation journey, but to deliver on many of the Sustainable Development Goals, as specified by the African Union, the UN, and the World Bank.

“This partnership adds weight to WASP Digital’s long-held connectivity expansion plans for all of Africa, which will bring greater prosperity and opportunity to lives, as well as businesses,” said Grant Webber, CEO at WASP Digital. “Many NGOs and organisations are working right now on re-shaping the future of every African nation, and therefore the entire continent, via Sustainable Development Goals – building pan-African secure digital connectivity is a large part of that reshaping and underpins many other SDGs. SDG objectives are built into everything we do at WASP Digital. Having SDWAN & SASE Solutions as a key strategic partner in the Africa Connective and their unique OMNIA solution solves many of the specific issues faced by individuals and businesses in Africa, both existing businesses and those that are up and coming. Their expert technology credentials and proven innovation history of bringing breakthrough technology to the market, will help deliver these SDGs and bring betterment for all. There is further big news on the growth of the Africa Connective partnership, which we will be able to release to the public soon.”

29 September 2023

Telecom Egypt has signed a partnership agreement with Medusa Submarine Cable System to extend the Medusa submarine fibre optic cable to the Red Sea.

Medusa will land in the Egyptian city of Port Said by the end of 2025. Telecom Egypt will then use its extensive terrestrial network to extend the 8,760km cable to landing stations in Suez, Zafarana and Ras Ghareb, on the Red Sea.