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| 16.07.2025 | MTN Group appoints new chief enterprise officer | David Behr
MTN Group has appointed David Behr as its group chief enterprise business officer with immediate effect.
Behr will lead the JSE-listed telecommunications group’s integrated enterprise business unit following the recent consolidat... |
| 21.05.2025 | Six months on, Starlink still can’t serve new customers in Nairobi | Starlink, the SpaceX-owned satellite internet service, has been unable to onboard new customers in Nairobi since demand exceeded its network capacity in November 2024. Six months later, the freeze is still in effect, leaving users who bough... |
| 21.03.2025 | Google’s Taara Lightbridge takes on Starlink with laser-powered internet | Alphabet, the parent company of tech giant Google, is picking up a fresh fight—this time with Elon Musk’s Starlink. Taara Lightbridge, a project originally developed under its X “moonshot” division, will become a standalone company, challen... |
| 29.01.2025 | Bridging the Digital Divide: Starlink and the Women Techsters Fellowship | In the vast landscape of technology, two stories emerge from Africa. One is about connectivity, the other about empowerment. Both are crucial in shaping the continent's future.
Starlink, Elon Musk's satellite internet venture, has made wave... |
| 27.01.2025 | Kenya: Starlink Becomes Kenya's Eighth-Largest Internet Provider | Starlink, Elon Musk's satellite internet company, has become Kenya's eighth-largest internet provider
Its rapid growth stems from its focus on underserved areas, offering high-speed internet to homes and businesses
This growth underscores t... |
| 27.05.2024 | Weekly Economic Index: Nigeria’s record high interest rate, Google’s plan to connect Africa to Australia and Nigeria’s GDP Growth Slows in Q1 2024 | Here are three big stories from Africa’s business and policy landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should keep in mind this week: Nigeria’s increases benchmark interest rate to record high 26.25%
Last week, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s ... |
| 24.05.2024 | Google launches first undersea fibre cable linking Africa and Australia | Google has pledged to invest $1 billion in Africa over five years for digital projects. Image: Pixabay
The launch of the first-ever submarine cable route between Africa and Australia has been announced.
“This initiative is crucial in ensuri... |
| 22.05.2024 | Microsoft and G42 Announce $1 Billion Comprehensive Digital Ecosystem Initiative for Kenya | Share this:
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| 08.03.2021 | Bolt’s #IWD2021 tech women, Techpoint Writer Bootcamp, Liquid Telecom raises $840m | Share this article:
Good day,
Múyìwá here. Happy International Women’s Day to every woman reading this. Today I am exploring
Bolt’s bid to get more African women in tech.
Techpoint Writer Bootcamp 2.0 and why you should apply.
Liquid Teleco... |
| 27.10.2020 | CDC commits additional US $40 million to Liquid Telecom supporting Africa’s digital transformation | CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced an additional US$40 million equity investment into Liquid Telecom, Africa’s largest independent fibre, data centre and cloud technology provider. This ma... |
| 27.10.2020 | CDC commits additional US $40 million to Liquid Telecom supporting Africa’s digital transformation | CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced an additional US$40 million equity investment into Liquid Telecom, Africa’s largest independent fibre, data centre and cloud technology provider. This ma... |
| 27.10.2020 | CDC commits additional US $40 million to Liquid Telecom supporting Africa’s digital transformation | CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced an additional US$40 million equity investment into Liquid Telecom, Africa’s largest independent fibre, data centre and cloud technology provider. This ma... |
| 10.09.2020 | Liquid Telecom acquires data centres from Standard Bank | Share this:
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| 19.03.2020 | Liquid Telecom Response to COVID-19 | LIQUID TELECOM |
| 03.03.2020 | The Future of Work – Leveraging the Opportunities of Digital Transformation | Gig Economy. Source: Stas_V / iStock / Getty
The global drive towards digital transformation is having a profoundly disruptive impact on all areas of our lives but will have the most significant impact on the way we work, where we work and ... |
| 03.03.2020 | The Future of Work – Leveraging the Opportunities of Digital Transformation | Gig Economy. Source: Stas_V / iStock / Getty |
| 27.02.2020 | AWS partners with Kenya’s Safaricom on cloud and consulting services | Amazon Web Services has entered a partnership with Safaricom — Kenya’s largest telco, ISP and mobile payment provider — in a collaboration that could spell competition between American cloud providers in Africa.
In a statement to TechCrunch... |
| 16.11.2019 | Liquid Telecom extends partnership with Microsoft | Liquid Telecom
Liquid Telecom is working with Microsoft to launch new enterprise cloud services – designed to improve business collaboration, increase productivity and drive business growth in Africa. Leveraging Liquid Telecom’s low latency... |
| 12.11.2019 | Here’s who won at the 2019 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards | The 2019 edition of the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards were held last night in Cape Town with 14 winners from across the continent scooping accolades.
The awards aim to showcase the best mobile and tech services launched across the continent... |
| 12.11.2019 | Here’s who won at the 2019 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards | The 2019 edition of the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards were held last night in Cape Town with 14 winners from across the continent scooping accolades.
The awards aim to showcase the best mobile and tech services launched across the continent,... |
| 11.11.2019 | AppsAfrica Award Winners announced in Cape Town | Share this:
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| 23.10.2019 | Liquid Telecom South Africa wins ‘Best Fixed Network of the Year’ at the 15th MyBroadband Conference | This award recognises excellence in the fixed network market. Liquid Telecom stood out from its competitors for the biggest network modernisation project the company has undertaken in over a decade. The network refresh included replacing ag... |
| 18.10.2019 | Liquid Telecom South Africa wins ‘Best Fixed Network of the Year’ at the 15th MyBroadband Conference | Liquid Telecom South Africa CEO Reshaad Sha collecting the award
This award recognises excellence in the fixed network market. Liquid Telecom stood out from its competitors for the biggest network modernisation project the company has under... |
| 09.10.2019 | AppsAfrica Innovation Awards Finalists Announced | Share this:
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| 18.05.2019 | Liquid Telecom launches Azure Stack in East Africa | Liquid Telecom
Liquid Telecom Kenya has launched a Microsoft Cloud service in East Africa that offers a step-change in cybersecurity for the region’s most sensitive databases.
The new Azure Stack service will allow companies to run a privat... |
| 16.05.2019 | Liquid Telecom launches Microsoft Cloud service in East Africa | Share this:
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| 13.05.2019 | Liquid Telecom to deliver Provincial Broadband Services | VIPs present during the signing ceremony
Liquid Telecom South Africa, part of the pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has concluded an agreement with SITA to deliver broadband services to hospitals, schools, clinics and provincial of... |
| 04.04.2019 | CDC Group Invests $180 million for an 8% Stake in Liquid Telecom | Liquid Telecom has confirmed that it has completed last year’s $180 million sale of 8% stake to the British government’s Sovereign Wealth Fund for developing countries known as Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC). This transaction wi... |
| 24.12.2018 | Liquid Telecom to Establish Multi-Billion Rand 4G Network in South Africa | Liquid Telecom South Africa has announced that it will establish a multi-billion Rand 4G network in South Africa. This was disclosed in a press statement by Tariq Ahmed – Group Head of Corporate Communications.
From early 2019, wholesale ro... |
| 11.12.2018 | CDC backs Liquid Telecom with US$180 million investment | CDC backs Liquid Telecom with US$180 million investment |
| 11.12.2018 | CDC backs Liquid Telecom with US$180 million investment | CDC backs Liquid Telecom with US$180 million investment |
| 11.12.2018 | CDC backs Liquid Telecom with US$180 million investment | CDC backs Liquid Telecom with US$180 million investment |
| 10.12.2018 | Liquid Telecom Announces $400 million Investment in Egypt’s Telecom Sector | Liquid Telecoms will be investing $400 million in Telecom Egypt for the next three years, the leading pan-African group announced this during the signing ceremony at the Africa 2018 Forum.
The agreement is part of a major partnership with T... |
| 14.11.2018 | Liquid Telecom extends Microsoft Azure from Cape to Cairo | Liquid Telecom
Liquid Telecom has extended the availability of Microsoft Azure from the Cape to Cairo, continuing its stride in the African cloud revolution.
This breakthrough scale-out of the Microsoft cloud-based architecture, announced y... |
| 17.10.2018 | Liquid Telecom appoints new Regional CEO of Southern Africa | Wellington Makamure, newly appointed Regional CEO of Liquid Telecom Southern Africa.
Liquid Telecom has announced the appointment of Wellington Makamure as the new Regional CEO of Southern Africa, placing him in charge of four key markets i... |
| 15.10.2018 | Liquid Telecom appoints new East Africa CEO | Share this:
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| 03.10.2018 | Africa Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise $99M in VC | Jake Bright Contributor
Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.
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| 01.10.2018 | Liquid Telecom to support young entrepreneurs at Westerwelle Foundation’s new Westerwelle Startup Haus | Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has announced that it is supporting young entrepreneurs at the Westerwelle Startup Haus Kigali through its high-speed internet and cloud-based services.
Soft-launched in early August, the Westerwell... |
| 20.09.2018 | Liquid Telecom goes long on Africa’s startups as future clients | Jake Bright Contributor
Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.
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African fintech startup Chipper Cash raises $30M backed by Jeff Bezos
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| 06.08.2018 | Liquid Telecom plans to unlock its spectrum assets in South Africa | Reshaad Sha
Newly appointed Liquid Telecom South Africa CEO Reshaad Sha has said that one of his top priorities is unlocking the potential of its valuable spectrum assets and he is exploring various options to do this.
Reshaad Sha, who spok... |
| 16.07.2018 | Liquid Telecom and Telecom Egypt sign MoU to enable completion of the first fibre network from Cape Town to Cairo | At the 2018 Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Telecom Egypt and Liquid Telecom partnered to complete Africa’s terrestrial fibre network stretching all the way from Cape Town, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt.
Und... |
| 05.07.2018 | Liquid Telecom to provide AfriLabs hubs with services in new partnership | Communications services and solutions provider Liquid Telecom has partnered with AfriLabs, a pan-African network of 100 tech innovation hubs across 30 countries, to provide connectivity and access to cloud-based tools to the organisation’s ... |
| 05.07.2018 | Liquid Telecom to provide AfriLabs hubs with services in new partnership | Communications services and solutions provider Liquid Telecom has partnered with AfriLabs, a pan-African network of 100 tech innovation hubs across 30 countries, to provide connectivity and access to cloud-based tools to the organisation’s ... |
| 04.07.2018 | Liquid Telecom to deliver connectivity & cloud tools to AfriLabs innovation hubs across Africa | liquid telecom
Liquid Telecom has partnered with AfriLabs, the largest network organisation of 100 innovation centres across 30 African countries, to explore new ways to support local start-ups and promote sustainable innovation across Afri... |
| 12.05.2018 | Liquid Telecom and China Telecom Global announce partnership | China Telecom Global (CTG), a subsidiary of China Telecom Corporation Limited – one of the world’s largest providers of integrated telecommunication services, and Liquid Telecom, a leading pan-African telecoms group, have announced the sign... |
| 12.02.2018 | Liquid Telecom supports local start-ups to attend Africa Tech Summit Kigali | Share this:
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| 20.12.2017 | Pan-African fibre network Liquid Telecom announced as a sponsor for Africa Tech Summit Kigali | Share this:
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| 05.10.2017 | Africa Roundup: MEST, Airbus and Microsoft expand in Africa, while Afrostream shutters | Jake Bright Contributor
Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.
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African fintech startup Chipper Cash raises $30M backed by Jeff Bezos
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| 18.09.2017 | Econet Eyes to Build More Content Delivery Networks in Africa | - |
| 21.10.2016 | Liquid Telecom to create a new network provider in Botswana | Share this:
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| 28.06.2016 | Royal Bafokeng Holdings, Liquid Telecom to buy Neotel in a R6.5 billion deal | - |
| 17.02.2016 | Not Another African Tech Article | Clinton Mutambo Contributor
Clinton Mutambo is the founder of Esaja.com.
The great continent of Africa seems to be the flavor of the month. As the world wakes up to its potential, I can’t help but cringe each time an “African tech” article ... |
| 17.11.2015 | Newtec Dialog® Chosen By Liquid Telecom | Addition of Newtec Dialog® multiservice platform will extend Liquid Telecom’s current Newtec Sat3Play® VSAT service offering to enter new market segments and enlarge current service portfolio
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, and SINT-NIKLAAS, Belgi... |
| 27.08.2015 | Is MTN courting Liquid Telecom? | - |
| 24.08.2015 | MTN, Liquid join forces to tackle Africa | - |
| 21.08.2015 | Liquid Telecom launches a retail ISP brand that will provide last mile fiber connection and VoD | Pan-African wholesale carrier, Liquid Telecom, has announced Hai, its new ISP retail brand for Africa that will offer internet access to households and SMEs.
According to the company, Hai will bundle a video-on-demand service and its flagsh... |
| 18.02.2015 | Liquid Telecom Secures $150 Million for Further African Expansion | Liquid Telecom, an independent data, voice and IP provider in eastern, central and southern Africa, announced today that it has raised US$150 million which will fund the further expansion of its fibre network in Africa. This was done throug... |
| 16.09.2013 | Newtec Announces Liquid Telecom As New Customer For VSAT Broadband Services | Newtec’s VSAT platform including hub and terminals will further expand Liquid Telecom’s broadband network in Africa
IBC2013 - AMSTERDAM, NL, 16 September 2013 Satellite communications specialist, Newtec announced that it has signed an agree... |
| 29.01.2013 | Liquid Telecom Becomes Africa’s Largest Terrestrial Fibre-Optic Network Operator | Liquid Telecom has acquired the East African operations of Altech, making Liquid Telecom the largest terrestrial cross-border fibre-optic network operator in Africa.
Revealing the sale on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Monday, Alt... |
| - | Liquid Telecoms Receives $180 Million Fund to Boost its Network in Africa | Africa’s Liquid Telecom has received a $180 million investment fund from U.K. development finance institution, CDC Group Plc as they expand broadband infrastructure across the continent.
CDC will now own a 10 percent stake in Africa’s large... |
