Facebook & Safaricom Are Building a Subsea Internet Superhighway to Kenya By Hillary Keverenge, Tech-ish Kenya September 1, 2025 Facebook, Kenya’s favourite social media giant, is literally diving into Safaricom’s internet future, this time, under the sea. According to a report by Business Daily, Meta’s infrastructure arm, Edge Network Services, will co-finance and take a stake in [...]
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The Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTCL), which operates and maintains all types of telecommunications networks, including ICT systems and services, within and outside the United Republic of Tanzania, has announced plans to construct more than 1,400 communication towers across the country to strengthen national network coverage and support the digital economy.
Costa Rica’s Digital Leap: TAM-1 Submarine Cable Set for 2025 Deployment By Subsea Cables by Telecom Review September 1, 2025 The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), through its commercial brand, kölbi, has announced the integration of the next-generation TAM-1 submarine cable, a strategic infrastructure project that will expand the country’s international connectivity capacity 23-fold. Scheduled [...]
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In what it calls a decisive turning point in its mission to bring finance and essential services closer to citizens, everywhere, for everyone, KaliSpot, which describes itself as a Senegalese fintech born in the United States, has announced the deployment of its first 1Net smart kiosks in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
IDB Invest, a multilateral development bank committed to promoting the economic development of its member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean through the private sector, has partnered with technology giant Nokia to launch a US$50 million financing facility to strengthen digital connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Africa-focused telecoms firm Paratus Group has launched a private 4G/5G network in Namibia, positioning itself to compete with state-owned incumbents MTC and Telecom Namibia.
Pan-Asian data centre operator Digital Edge and Thai energy company B.Grimm Power announced on Thursday that they have broken ground on their first joint data centre in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
South African telco Vodacom announced on Wednesday that its virtual wheeling solution is now live, enabling it to purchase renewable energy for its countrywide operations more efficiently and on a broader scale.
Axiata’s telecoms infrastructure company Edotco announced on Wednesday that its Sri Lankan subsidiary, Edotco Services Lanka, has received the country’s first licence to provide neutral-hosted infrastructure services in Sri Lanka.
Next month marks Safaricom’s 25th anniversary. CEO Peter Ndegwa (pictured) was in London to reflect on the operator’s journey - from a subsidiary of Telkom Kenya to becoming the country’s largest and most valuable enterprise.