Teraco connects to over 55 countries

Launched two years ago, the Africa Cloud eXchange (ACX) from Teraco Data Centre Environments now provides access to 54 African countries via local and global carriers. ACX aims to provide a secure data centre environment for cloud providers to co-locate and onward...

The growing role of ICT in Kenyan economy

ICT has assumed an increasingly strategic role in the Kenyan economy in recent years. Between 2000 and 2012, the country’s wider transport and communications sector, of which ICT is a part, grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7,7%, outperforming all...

AfricaCom Awards 2014 now open

Entries are now open for the 2014 AfricaCom Awards. In its seventh year, the event continues to gain prominence in the telecommunications and ICT industry, celebrating the breakthroughs and most influential players shaping the sector in Africa. Reflecting the...

Cwele outlines plan for universal access

For South Africa and Africa to achieve universal access and services, equitable access to scarce global resources needs to be achieved. This will require continual improvements of current governance structures and organisational arrangements to make them for efficient...