Paratus bridges the Africa west and east coasts

A route that would normally take more than 60 hours to drive with a car, can now be done in about 31 milliseconds on the new Paratus Africa fiber network that stretches from the West coast to the East coast of Africa. The Trans-Kalahari Fiber (TKF) network extends...

Paratus expands Mobile LTE network

Paratus Namibia has announced the completion of the initial phase of its National Mobile-LTE rollout plan. It will be launching LTE in Walvisbay and Swakopmund this week. Paratus has invested in its very own independent Mobile-LTE network to be able to offer both...

Paratus Africa, Nampower collaborate on The GridOnline

Paratus Africa and Nampower have signed an agreement to commercialise its national optic fiber network by launching The GridOnline. It will now provide access to its national Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) network. Paratus Africa continued its investment strategy at the...

Humanities need to get ahead of the curve to benefit from 4IR

As pure sciences and information technology alone are not able to equip students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, universities must ensure that students are equipped with human and social sciences perspectives to embrace the changes that this epoch brings with it...

Raft of announcements at third Google for Nigeria

The third Google for Nigeria event, held in Lagos this week, saw Google announced new products and features to make it more helpful to more people in Nigeria and across Africa. The announcements include navigation instructions in a Nigerian voice for both motorcycle...