Guinea considers fibre interconnect with Côte d'Ivoire
06 September 2024
The Guinean government is considering interconnecting the national fibre optic network with that of Côte d'Ivoire, according to Rose Pola Pricemou, Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Economy.
Mohamed Kourouma, Director General of the Société de gestion et d’exploitation du backbone national (SOGEB), said it is essential for Guinea to collaborate with neighbouring countries to strengthen the reliability of its international connectivity. The latter mainly depends on the single ACE submarine cable to which the country has been connected since 2014.
Find out more Egypt and Indonesia consider joining forces for digitalization
04 September 2024
During the 2nd Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF) held in Badung, Bali, the Egyptian government offered Indonesian companies the opportunity to invest in various sectors, including data centres and digitalization.
“The Egyptian government wants Indonesian companies to invest in their data center projects. Indonesia, as a large and experienced country, can share its experiences on how digitalization improves the national economy and progress,” said Budi Arie Setiadi, Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information Technology.
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iColo expands renewable energy plans
28 August 2024
iColo has expanded its renewable energy initiatives by installing solar panels at its facilities in Kenya, making it one of the country's 'greenest global connectivity hubs.'
The data centre operator has successfully added and commissioned approximately 650kW of additional solar arrays at its two data centre sites in Nairobi and Mombasa. Over 450kW of this new solar capacity is accessible on iColo's NBO campus, where over 60 national and global networks aggregate, and will facilitate further campus expansion.
Find out more Nokia advances NGIC deal for Ghana’s first 5G NaaS
27 August 2024
Nokia is further strengthening its partnership with Next-Gen InfraCo (NGIC) by building a 5G mobile core network.
This is an extension of the existing agreement where Nokia is a strategic technology partner that will build Ghana’s first 5G network. As a shared neutral host network, NGIC will use the 5G network to offer wholesale services to mobile service providers in the country, which will be able to deliver 5G services to their subscribers - for faster data speeds and stronger network reliability and capacity.
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