2Africa cable is just the start of Meta’s African fibre ambitions

by Speedinet | Aug 22, 2024 | Alex Masu, Digital Council Africa, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Meta, Meta Platforms, Nedbank, News, Sections, Telecoms

Meta Platforms aims to complement its investments in subsea cable infrastructure around Africa with terrestrial fibre.

Ramaphosa promises tech-led reform agenda

by Speedinet | Jul 19, 2024 | Cyril Ramaphosa, Digital Council Africa, Juanita Clark, News, Public sector, Sections

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s opening of parliament speech highlighted infrastructure and digitisation as key to job creation.

How data centres are battling South Africa’s energy crisis

by Speedinet | Feb 19, 2024 | ADC, Africa Data Centres, Angus Hay, Cloud computing, Digital Council Africa, News, Sections, teraco, Vantage, Vantage Data Centers

Energy constraints have led to innovations in the local data centre industry.

Africa is the world’s fastest-growing bandwidth market

by Speedinet | Jan 10, 2024 | 2Africa, Amazon, DCA, Digital Council Africa, Equiano, Google, Internet and connectivity, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, News, Sections

New submarine internet cables have dramatically boosted Africa’s international connectivity, a new report shows.

DCA, Huawei and WBBA host Africa Fibre Forum 2023

by Speedinet | Nov 30, 2023 | Andile Ngcaba, Dietlof Mare, Digital Council Africa, Huawei, John Omo, Juanita Clark, Promoted Content, Samuel Chen, Sections, Telecoms, Vumatel

Promoted | The recent Africa Fibre Forum saw stakeholders commit to the accelerated roll-out of fibre across the continent.

A way out of the skills crisis

by Speedinet | Apr 12, 2023 | Digital Council Africa, Education and skills, Harambee, Juanita Clark, Kasthuri Soni, News, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Sections

Pervasive broadband infrastructure will allow more of the country’s youth to engage in the digitally enabled jobs of the future.