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The subsea cable damage on West Africa could take 5 weeks to repair

ICT

5 week restoration for damaged subsea cables

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 18 Mar 2024

Africa is served by a network of undersea internet cables

ICT

Seacom and Liquid maintain service during cable outages, highlight need for ISP redundancy

Lindsey Schutters 15 Mar 2024

A tough day at the office for internet users in South Africa

ICT

Mzansi in the dark: Microsoft acknowledges EMEA outage, but reports suggest wider issues [updated]

Lindsey Schutters 14 Mar 2024

Damage is suspected to have occurred in the Red Sea

ICT

Seacom subsea cable outage disrupts service in east and southern Africa

26 Feb 2024

ISP unlocks formula for lightning fast internet

ICT

ISP unlocks formula for lightning fast internet

Issued by Cool Ideas 28 Nov 2023

Teraco CT2 render. Source: Supplied

Construction & Engineering

Teraco breaks ground on CT2 expansion

15 Nov 2023

WACS cable incident highlights need for increased network resilience

ICT

WACS cable incident highlights need for increased network resilience

Bertrandt Delport 18 Sep 2023

Panel discussion at Novacom

ICT

WACS undersea cable fixed, but infrastructure bosses call for more resilience

Lindsey Schutters 7 Sep 2023

South African ISPs must do better. Source: 2H Media/Unsplash

ICT

South Africa's ISPs must do better

Richard Firth 18 Aug 2023

Google Cloud undersea cable infrastructure. Source: Google

ICT

Equiano cable keeps Africa connected during undersea faults

Lindsey Schutters 9 Aug 2023

South African internet users could experience service disruption. Source: Lars Kienle/Unsplash

ICT

South Africa and Angola experience contrasting internet cable fates

Lindsey Schutters 8 Aug 2023

Aim for the stars with satellite technology

ICT

Aim for the stars with satellite technology

Victor Stephanopoli 20 May 2020

ICT

Slow internet speeds in SA

2 Apr 2020

Satellite technology can unlock SA's development and economic potential

ICT

Satellite technology can unlock SA's development and economic potential

1 Apr 2020

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & Media

Angola Cables launches its first live gaming portal

8 Aug 2019

What 4IR means in the Namibian context

ICT

What 4IR means in the Namibian context

Llewellyn le Hané 5 Apr 2019

Data highway expands through Africa

ICT

Data highway expands through Africa

6 Mar 2019

We have to do things differently, and do them fast

ICT

We have to do things differently, and do them fast

Jan Coetzee 21 Dec 2018

Seacom announces strategic acquisition

ICT

Seacom announces strategic acquisition

19 Nov 2018

South Atlantic Cable System goes live

ICT

South Atlantic Cable System goes live

28 Sep 2018

A continental shift in global internet access in Africa

ICT

A continental shift in global internet access in Africa

António Nunes 3 Nov 2017

Digital economy gets a boost with SACS installation

Marketing & Media

Digital economy gets a boost with SACS installation

10 Aug 2017

Cable system to link Africa and the Americas

ICT

Cable system to link Africa and the Americas

26 Apr 2017

Unilever Food Solutions Chefs of the Year announced

Tourism & Travel

Unilever Food Solutions Chefs of the Year announced

12 Sep 2016

Winds of change for SA's bandwidth landscape

ICT

Winds of change for SA's bandwidth landscape

16 Aug 2016

Africa's continental opportunity for digital and technology

ICT

Africa's continental opportunity for digital and technology

Johnny Aucamp 6 Apr 2016

Unilever Food Solutions Chef of the Year named

Retail

Unilever Food Solutions Chef of the Year named

25 Sep 2015

Chef of the Year finalists announced

Lifestyle

Chef of the Year finalists announced

14 Aug 2015

Feast at The Palace raises funds for Nepal

Lifestyle

Feast at The Palace raises funds for Nepal

15 Jul 2015

Call to enter Chef of the Year competition

Tourism & Travel

Call to enter Chef of the Year competition

21 Apr 2015

Prepare for the next evolution in the telecoms landscape

ICT

Prepare for the next evolution in the telecoms landscape

Eckart Zollner 24 Oct 2014

Gilat Satcom establishes new PoP in Tanzania

Marketing & Media

Gilat Satcom establishes new PoP in Tanzania

30 May 2014

2014 lays the groundwork for major change in the local telecoms space

ICT

2014 lays the groundwork for major change in the local telecoms space

Eckart Zollner 8 May 2014

Sun International partners with SACA for InfoChef Africa 2013

Tourism & Travel

Sun International partners with SACA for InfoChef Africa 2013

21 Aug 2013

Gilat Satcom offers increased broadband connectivity in Africa

ICT

Gilat Satcom offers increased broadband connectivity in Africa

11 Jul 2013

IS increases WACS connectivity in West Africa

ICT

IS increases WACS connectivity in West Africa

10 Jul 2013

Marketing & Media

Gilat Satcom to announce new fibre routes in Africa

10 Jul 2013

Retail

Growthpoint gets better connected through partnership

3 Jul 2013

FNB joins local peering community

Finance

FNB joins local peering community

12 Jun 2013

Dark Fibre Africa scoops SatCom Award

Marketing & Media

Dark Fibre Africa scoops SatCom Award

4 Jun 2013

SOEs exploring set-asides for small firms, black industrialists

Government

SOEs exploring set-asides for small firms, black industrialists

16 May 2013

Connectivity options widen in and out of Africa

Marketing & Media

Connectivity options widen in and out of Africa

9 May 2013

Marketing & Media

Alcatel-Lucent helps ensure continuity of broadband services in Africa

26 Apr 2013

Teraco and Seacom work double time internet crisis

ICT

Teraco and Seacom work double time internet crisis

4 Apr 2013

ICT

DFA invests R81 million with deployment of optic fibre

19 Dec 2012

Marketing & Media

Alcatel-Lucent partnership connects Southern Africa and the global community

16 Nov 2012

ICT

Network neutrality offers new advantage to business

Danie Fourie 12 Oct 2012