SEACOM celebrates 15 years of boosting connectivity in Africa
SEACOM first went live in South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Djibouti in 2009, following the completion of its first undersea cable connecting Asia and Europe.
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Gupshup, Meta launch chatbot for Sudanese refugees
The project participants hope that by introducing the chatbot, they will be able to favorably impact the lives of refugees.
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New 5MW data centre planned for Djibouti
A joint venture between PAIX Data Centres and the Djibouti Sovereign Fund hopes to capitalise on the country’s positioning as an intercontinental connectivity hub.
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PAPSS adoption to support African e-commerce boom
Djibouti, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have all implemented PAPSS through their central banks.
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Djibouti joins Africa Finance Corporation
Institution serves as catalyst for private sector infrastructure investment across Africa.
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Djibouti startup seeks boosting Africa's broadband speeds
Data centre company is looking to drive down costs and increase access.
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Construction begins on SEA-ME-WE 5
The 20,000 km undersea cable will connect through African nation Djibouti.
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‘Djibouti Data Centre helps lower African internet costs’
Research firm Frost & Sullivan heaps praise on the East African facility.
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Orange co-financing Sea-Me-We 5 cable connecting through Djibouti, Egypt
Construction of the high-speed network is expected to be completed by end of 2016.
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Djibouti Internet Exchange Point (IXP) launched
Small East African country set to help boost local latency and download speeds.
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Ship slices three undersea cables
The Eassy network and two other cables could be fixed by 20 March, after a ship dragged its anchor for about 150km in the Red Sea.
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Eassy cable damaged
Minor disruptions to Internet services have occurred at Port Sudan, as a result of a fault affecting the network near Djibouti.