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Botswana | Namibia
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Namibia, Botswana connect to 5.12 terabit cable

afrol News, 15 February - Last week, the powerful WACS submarine fibre optic cable was landed in Swakopmund, Namibia. Now, the work has started to make WACS provide high-speed telecom services to consumers in Namibia and Botswana.

Africa
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Every 2nd African has mobile subscription

afrol News, 17 November - Africa this year crossed the 500 million active mobile subscriptions mark. By now, every second person of Africa's 1,033 million inhabitants can be reached by phone, making Africa a sizable market.

Zambia
Economy - Development
Zambia privatisation process still disputed

afrol News / IPS, 9 July - Zambia has sold some 262 state-owned enterprises in the past 18 years, with the latest being the telecom company Zamtel. A former privatisation agency chief says the process was "like grabbing goods fallen from a truck."

Sierra Leone
Economy - Development | Technology
Sierra Leone improves Internet connectivity

afrol News, 2 July - A new Internet exchange point (IXP) has been launched in Freetown, for the first time allowing Sierra Leone's web users to exchange local data within the country rather than over international links.

Egypt
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Technology boom boosts Egypt's economy

afrol News, 13 May - A buoyant start to the year for Egypt's information and communications technology is fuelling economic growth in the country at large, according to the Cairo government.

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» 16.04.2010 - SA's mobile operators cornered on price policies
» 12.04.2010 - Africa's mobile money venture in patenting legal action
» 06.04.2010 - Is computer learning becoming redundant in Africa?
» 16.02.2010 - Mobile phone connections to exceed 5 billion
» 09.12.2009 - Kenya goes digital
» 01.12.2009 - MTN receives $18 million for network upgrade
» 19.11.2009 - Orascom to contest $6 mln tax bill
» 16.11.2009 - Increased Internet access to boost economic growth, forum
» 09.11.2009 - African mobile market continues to develop at a rapid rate
» 09.11.2009 - ITU gets funding to build ICT museum
» 23.10.2009 - Nigeria cracks a whip on cyber fraudsters
» 23.10.2009 - ITU approves new universal mobile phone charger
» 14.10.2009 - COSATU calls for wholesale reforms on telecomms pricing
» 13.10.2009 - SA's broadband market is at a watershed, says report
» 07.10.2009 - $215 million endorsed to develop Central Africa's efficient internet
» 06.10.2009 - Africa still lagging behind in ICTs
» 06.10.2009 - Developing economies can lead world out of recession, Egypt's minister
» 06.10.2009 - Gateway boosts its pan-Africa network strength
» 01.10.2009 - MTN signs major deal with IMImobile
» 22.09.2009 - ECP invests $25 million East African telecom
» 18.09.2009 - Competition in Morocco's telecom market increasing
» 18.09.2009 - Mobile money transfer system now avalable in S/Leone
» 15.09.2009 - Angola Telecom places order for fraud management solution
» 04.09.2009 - New cables to kick-start Africa's new broadband era, report
» 25.08.2009 - Expansion of ICT sector fuels Egypt's Growth
» 25.08.2009 - Uganda Telecom and Rwandatel purchase SEACOM capacity
» 11.08.2009 - African telecom leaders meet in Uganda
» 27.07.2009 - IT infrastructure outsourcing boosted in Nigeria
» 20.07.2009 - East Africa telecoms competition has fastest growth
» 14.07.2009 - Maroc Telecom acquirs 51% in Mali
» 22.05.2009 - Morocco invests in fiber optic line to Western Sahara
» 22.05.2009 - Internet via microwave in Burkina Faso
» 19.05.2009 - Rwanda signs $24 million grant for broadband connectivity
» 11.05.2009 - Ghana and Burkina Faso sign fibre optic networks agreement
» 28.04.2009 - Africa, M/East to lead mobile broadband subscriber growth by 2012
» 16.04.2009 - Cape Verde joins West African telecom cable
» 02.03.2009 - Africa ranked low in global ICT's penetration
» 08.12.2008 - Mobile banking launched in Côte d'Ivoire
» 08.12.2008 - Egypt's "Smart Village" progressing
» 21.11.2008 - Isolated Mauritian island gets mobile coverage
» 18.11.2008 - Globacom to service Ghanaian market
» 13.11.2008 - Nigerian satellite in trouble
» 12.11.2008 - Equatorial Guinea telecom services breaking down
» 04.11.2008 - Groundbreaking of optic cable in Kenya, Mozambique
» 15.10.2008 - Vodacom South Africa to expand it's next-generation technology
» 17.09.2008 - Telkom Kenya joins stiff mobile phone market
» 15.09.2008 - Saudi Telecom expands to north Africa
» 18.08.2008 - Vodafone seals 70 percent stake in Ghana Telecom
» 15.08.2008 - Parliament approves Ghana's Telecom handover
» 11.08.2008 - Telkom South Africa, unions settle dispute
» 05.08.2008 - São Tomé invests in undersea link
» 01.08.2008 - Ghana sued over telecom sale
» 11.07.2008 - Fear surrounds Botswana Sim-card registration
» 02.07.2008 - Vodafone to seal US$ 960m Ghana deal
» 04.06.2008 - IMF hails Gambia's economic stability
» 29.05.2008 - Africa's mobile industry to pay $71 billion tax by 2012
» 23.05.2008 - Xenophobic violence threatens Cape Town tourism
» 16.05.2008 - Japan to double aid to Africa
» 15.05.2008 - Nigeria firm signs mobile expansion deal
» 13.05.2008 - Africa fastest growing market in communication technology
» 30.04.2008 - Senegal adjusts Gambia's internet bandwidth capacity
» 07.03.2008 - Namibia hosts IT roadshow
» 19.02.2008 - Nigeria cancels privatisation
» 12.12.2007 - Ex-prisons chief convicted
» 07.12.2007 - Gambia telecoms finally gets board
» 03.12.2007 - EASSy gets big boost
» 15.11.2007 - Sonatel, Ascade seal major deal
» 02.11.2007 - All South African industries increase turnover
» 31.10.2007 - $50 billion investment for African telecoms
» 19.10.2007 - Can making plant for Angola
» 16.10.2007 - Seychelles launches ICT policy
» 12.10.2007 - Gabon maintains stable economic growth
» 31.08.2007 - Multichoice Africa boosts capacity leases
» 30.08.2007 - Offshore IT outsourcing center for Ethiopia
» 28.08.2007 - Gambia defends telecoms sale
» 23.08.2007 - Senegal invites third mobile operator
» 13.08.2007 - Gambia sells out 50% telecoms shares
» 30.05.2007 - Gambian launches new mobile network
» 16.03.2007 - Africa becomes a service outsourcing location
» 13.12.2006 - Motorola signs US$75m GSM contract in Nigeria
» 30.11.2006 - Senegal, Mali get 'Orange' telecom operator
» 22.11.2006 - Nigeria to top Africa's mobile market
» 17.11.2006 - Maldives connection, a new fibre route to Africa
» 07.11.2006 - Moroccan ADSL market grows by 300%
» 10.10.2006 - Ivorian mobile company registers half a million subscribers
» 06.10.2006 - Internet booms in Senegal
» 08.09.2006 - Kenya to finance its own Internet cable
» 20.06.2006 - Mobile phones to empower rural Rwanda
» 19.06.2006 - Malawi Telecom to get competition on fixed lines
» 18.03.2005 - 3G introduction in SA could soon reduce phone bills
» 15.03.2005 - Old Kenya telecom commission "was corrupt"
» 09.03.2005 - Stakeholders unhappy with Kenya telecom reshuffle
» 03.02.2005 - Ghana's ICT sector is up to speed
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