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Seacom has deployed a new high-capacity terrestrial network route linking Nairobi, Kisumu and Kampala, designed to support growing data demand across East Africa. The route activates 1 Tb/s of capacity at launch, with the ability to scale up to 30 Tb/s, and delivers latency of about seven milliseconds to Nairobi and 13 ms to Mombasa, supporting real-time applications such as financial transactions and cloud workloads.
Uganda reports seven confirmed Ebola cases in KampalaUganda has confirmed seven Ebola cases, including two health workers in a private facility in Kampala, as the Bundibugyo strain outbreak centred in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province continues to spread. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern in May, with more than 900 suspected cases and 101 confirmed cases reported, making it the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history.
South Africa pledges $5-million to Africa CDC for Ebola responsePresident Cyril Ramaphosa announced an initial $5-million contribution to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to support a continental response to the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, which has claimed more than 200 lives. African leaders aligned behind a comprehensive $319-million preparedness and response plan, with domestic funding already committed to cover about 10% of the required budget.
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Seacom has launched new high-capacity terrestrial network route between Nairobi and Kampala, upgrading a long-established corridor into a modern, high-capacity backbone designed to support growing...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced an initial $5-million contribution to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to bolster a continental response to the escalating...
KAMPALA – Uganda's central bank said on Tuesday it had begun purchasing gold from domestic producers under a programme announced two years ago to incorporate bullion as part of the country's...
Uganda said on Thursday it had appointed Citibank to mobilise financing needed to fund the country's planned €2.7-billion ($3.19-billion) Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project. In a post on the X...
Pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus Group on Monday switched on its new 2 000 km fibre route in East Africa, connecting Mombasa, on Kenya’s coast, to Goma in the...
By: Josiah Habwe - General Manager for Tanzania & Uganda, Energy Business at Schneider Electric Uganda is entering an exciting growth period; the country’s energy and extractives industry...
Absa, in partnership with GirlCode, concluded the 11th edition of the annual GirlCodeHack hackathon on 12 October 2025. The 30-hour hackathon brought together young women from eight African cities...
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