Benin hits 8.5 million unique mobile subscribers
24 April 2024
The number of unique subscribers to mobile telephone services in Benin was 8.5 million hit on 31 December 2023, while the country had 16.3 million SIM cards.
The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services’ (ARCEP) 2023 annual activity report showed an average of two SIM cards per person and a penetration rate mobile of 67.3%.
Find out more Kenya fast tracks 100,000km fibre plan to two years
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22 April 2024
Kenya believes that an ambitious goal of deploying 100,000km of fibre to underserved areas in five years can now be accomplished within the next two.
The government revised the traditional practice of laying cables on the ground in favour of using existing infrastructure from the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) to connect citizens to the internet. Fibre cables would therefore run alongside electrical lines.
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Nigeria sees small gain in broadband access
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19 April 2024
Nigeria has seen a small gain in broadband internet access as of February, but it confronts a difficult struggle in attaining its broadband objective for next year, as per the most recent data from the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC).
The country's broadband internet connections climbed by 1.3% month over month in February to 93.4 million.
Find out more Bayobab completes fibre asset takeover from MTN Zambia
19 April 2024
Bayobab has successfully completed the structural separation and transfer of fibre assets from sister company MTN Zambia.
“The successful sale-and-leaseback transaction with Bayobab Zambia, transferring MTN Zambia's fibre network, marks a pivotal first step in our targeted structural separation of fibre assets, as outlined in Ambition 2025 strategy,” said Ralph Mupita, president and CEO, MTN Group.
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