Broadcast: experience the future of broadcast at AfricaCom 2025
07 November 2025
ST Engineering iDirect brings proven hybrid network solutions to Booth C63.
After demonstrating successful DVB-NIP implementations at IBC 2025, ST Engineering iDirect is bringing the technology revolution to Africa. Visit Booth C63 at AfricaCom 2025 to experience firsthand how hybrid satellite-IP networks are solving Africa's unique connectivity and content delivery challenges.
Find out more G20: Keeping Africa’s digital future open
06 November 2025
As Africa hosts the G20 for the first time, the continent faces a choice: build a unified digital future, or risk splintering into incompatible networks shaped by global rivalries. Spectrum harmonisation, open standards, and digital trust could determine whether Africa is a co-author of the 6G era — or just a late adopter.
When Africa hosts the G20 for the first time this year, the world’s attention will rightly focus on infrastructure and finance. But industry leaders warn that another, quieter battle could determine whether Africa’s digital future is inclusive or fragmented: the struggle over spectrum, standards, and trust.
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Paratus Group launches Paratus Uganda
05 November 2025
Marking a significant milestone in its rapid growth across the continent, Paratus Group, a pan-African telecommunications and network services provider, announced the launch of Paratus Uganda through a joint venture with Kampala-based Roke Telkom Ltd.
This new venture aims to unify and expand the connectivity offerings provided by Roke Telkom in Uganda and Paratus Group’s broader international operations, delivering comprehensive full-service connectivity solutions for enterprise customers in Uganda and the surrounding region. Paratus Uganda also plans to target emerging industry sectors such as healthcare, mining, tourism, and NGOs.
Find out more GCF certification as a key enabler for mission critical broadband services
05 November 2025
Harald Ludwig, Technical Forum Chair, TCCA;
and Asif Hamidullah, Head of Certification IoT & Verticals, GCF
Public Safety Agencies and Mission Critical Communication Operators (MCCOs) around the world are currently in various phases of migrating their existing Public Land Mobile Radio networks from voice-oriented narrowband technologies, such as TETRA and P25, to mobile broadband technologies, based on 3GPP’s 4G-LTE and 5G-NR standards. Mission Critical Services (MCS) is a key component of these standards with services such as Push-To-Talk (MCPTT), Video (MCVideo), and Data (MCData) – together also referred as MCX – being defined and planned to be globally adopted.
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