Telecom

The Next Asia Is Africa: Inside the Continent’s Rapid Economic Growth – Atlantic Online

In 2009, AES, one of America’s biggest private suppliers of electricity, became majority owner and operator of the national grid in Cameroon. In Ghana, a large American data processing company called ACS now employs over 1,800 people. And around the … Continue reading

Tumbling Africa: The Diaspora tumbles away – Polity.org.za

Social networking in Africa Africa is home to some of the fastest developing telecommunications industries and to … s Hair Tumblr’, a priceless blog dedicated to the hairstyles of Cameroon’s First Lady, and the ‘African Problems Tumblr’ blog …

Seven Of The World’s 10 Fastest-Growing Economies Are African – The Business Insider

In 2009, AES, one of America’s biggest private suppliers of electricity, became majority owner and operator of the national grid in Cameroon. In Ghana, a large American data processing company called ACS now employs over 1,800 people. And around the … Continue reading

Ghana: MTN Launches High Capacity Cable – AllAfrica.com

Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Canary Island, Portugal, and the PoP in London. Alongside the MTN Group Ltd, the WACS Consortium members include Angola Cables; Broadband Infraco; Cable&Wireless Worldwide; Congo Telecom; Socit …

MIT Professor Shigeru Miyagawa named award recipient by the OCW Consortium – MIT News

In support of the global movement, Miyagawa has traveled to locations including Cameroon, Korea, Portugal … Professor for the Department of Public Law and Deputy Director of the Telecommunications Law Master Program of the University Carlos III, Dr …

MTN leads the West Africa Cable System launched in Cape Town – TMCnet

Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Canary Island, Portugal, and the PoP in London. Alongside the MTN Group Ltd, the WACS Consortium members include Angola Cables; Broadband Infraco; Cable&Wireless Worldwide; Congo Telecom …

West Africa cable launch to boost MTN’s market in Africa – IDG NEWS

… parties are Telkom (South Africa), Telecom Namibia (Namibia), Angola Cables (Angola), OCPT (DR Congo), Congo Telecom (Congo), MTN (Cameroon), MTN (Nigeria), Togo Telecom (Togo), MTN (Ghana), MTN (Ivory Coast), PTC (Cape Verde), Vodacom Group (Canary …

MTN, Vodacom Consortium Launches W Africa Undersea Data Cable – 4-traders (press release)

and telecommunications companies in the countries where the cable stops along the way, such as Angola and Namibia. The cable cost $650 million to build and MTN said it spent about $90 million plus investments in building facilities in Cameroon, … Continue reading

Wacs sets stage for growth – ITWeb

The cable, supplied by the submarine networks arm of international telecoms firm Alcatel-Lucent, connects SA to the UK, with landings in Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana …

Teraco launches Africa Cloud eXchange – ITWeb

Aidan Baigrie, Head of Business Development at SEACOM, says broadband connectivity will be one of the major spurs to the growth of African economies over the next decade, but there is still plenty of work to be done in building … Continue reading