While all investments contribute to economic growth and job creation, investments in the digital economy will also propel the country into a new era of innovation and progress, said President Cyril... 

UK development finance institution British International Investment (BII) has launched under its new name in South Africa and has reaffirmed its commitment to invest to accelerate South Africa’s... 

The newly rebranded UK government’s development finance institution (DFI) British International Investment (BII) was launched on May 12 at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Nairobi,... 

As the long-awaited spectrum is released, the improved access to spectrum for smaller players will increase competition in the market and ultimately benefit the consumer. In March, the Independent... 

The widely celebrated conclusion of South Africa’s first high-demand spectrum auction in well over a decade has been hailed as a welcome milestone that could lead to lower communication costs,... 

The widely celebrated conclusion of South Africa’s first high-demand spectrum auction in well over a decade has been hailed as a welcome milestone that could lead to lower communication costs,... 

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has concluded the high demand spectrum auction, securing proceeds for the national fiscus exceeding R14.4-billion. Cell C, Liquid... 

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has rebranded, recalibrated and repositioned as pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies (LIT), with ambitions of expanding its... 

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested into a Liquid Telecommunications subsidiary’s bond issue. IFC, playing an anchor role, subscribed to 16% of the bond, equivalent to... 

South African mobile network operator MTN Group has asked the Gauteng High court to scrap or review the telecom regulator's auction process for awarding spectrum vital for rolling out 5G... 

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom is increasing connectivity and network capacity in Botswana by expanding fibre access through the Lobatse border and connecting to Gaborone. Some 82 km of... 

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has appointed Wole Abu CEO for Liquid Telecom Nigeria and its new Africa Data Centre (ADC) in Nigeria, effective January 2021.  "Abu [has] over 14 years of... 

By Ben Roberts, Group Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Liquid Telecom 2020 has been the year of many firsts, on several levels. Collectively, these have not only made businesses accelerate... 

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom and communications infrastructure leader Zayo Group have partnered to leverage their existing networks for customers that have operations in Africa, Europe... 

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom and communications infrastructure leader Zayo Group have partnered to leverage their existing networks for customers that have operations in Africa, Europe... 

Telecoms and technology group Econet Group has teamed up with X’s Project Taara to expand and enhance affordable, high-speed Internet connectivity to communities across sub-Saharan Africa using a... 

Two years after the completion of the priority markets inquiry in 2018, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) aims to wrap up its Mobile Broadband Services Inquiry by... 

UK development finance institution and impact investor CDC Group has invested an additional $40-million of equity into African independent fibre, data centre and cloud technology provider Liquid... 

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can improve their cybersecurity by focusing on three aspects, namely empowering their personnel through regular training, ensuring that the information... 

Communications solutions provider Liquid Telecom South Africa has appointed Deon Geyser as CEO, effective January 1, 2021. Geyser, who is currently head of Nokia Southern Africa and Vodafone Africa... 

Africa-focused network and telecommunications group Liquid Telecom has launched a cybersecurity unit, which provides end-to-end managed services for digital security and is designed to protect... 

Communications solutions provider Liquid Telecom has appointed Clayton Naidoo as group chief business officer, effective October 1. Naidoo, who has more than 14 years of experience in the... 

Cassava Fintech International (CFI) and Liquid Telecom Group (LTG) have teamed up to develop a service aimed at accelerating digital and financial inclusion in Africa. Through the newly launched... 

Communications solutions provider Liquid Telecom South Africa has rebranded to Liquid Intelligent Technologies in a strategic repositioning to advance South Africa’s digital future. In 2018, the... 

MyBroadband has launched its new online tech talk show – What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou – featuring conversations with South Africa’s top executives. 

Interconnected, carrier and cloud-neutral data centre facilities network Africa Data Centres has acquired a Tier IV data centre in Johannesburg from Standard Bank. The acquisition by the group,... 

Telecommunications giant Vodacom has launched its fifth-generation (5G) network across three South African cities. Twenty 5G sites, 18 in Johannesburg and Pretoria and two in Cape Town, have been... 

Vodacom Group, South Africa's biggest telecoms company by value, expects to offer 5G mobile services in its home market this year thanks to a recent roaming agreement with Liquid Telecom, CE... 

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom South Africa has inaugurated the landing station of the Melting Pot Indianoceanic Submarine System (Metiss) at Umbogotwini, in KwaZulu-Natal. The project... 

Liquid Telecom’s low latency, high capacity connectivity to drive enterprise collaboration and growth in Africa using new Microsoft Azure Peering Service Liquid Telecom, a leading pan-African... 

Telecommunications group Liquid Telecom South Africa, part of pan-African Liquid Telecom, has unveiled a new network that offers customers near unlimited bandwidth capacity. The company, a little... 

Pan African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom, on Wednesday said it has launched the fastest direct land-based fibre link connecting East to West Africa.  The company made the announcement at a media... 

Investment commitments worth R363-billion where made by domestic and foreign firms at the second South African Investment Conference on Wednesday, eclipsing the 2018 figure by some 17%. President... 

A major project is being launched in Mozambique to help prepare the country to meet the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), also known as the Next Production Revolution (NPR) or... 

MyBroadband Conference 2019 – Where South Africa’s top ICT companies meet Excerpt: The 2019 MyBroadband Conference will host 3,000 ICT executives and decision-makers on 17 October, and feature... 

Seven telecommunications companies have signed a cooperation agreement with the government outlining guiding principles for conduct within the fibre-based connectivity sector, one of the firms said... 

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) is poised to take a stake in Liquid Telecom if Africa’s biggest fiber company goes ahead with a planned initial public offering, according to people familiar... 

Vox Telecom SA shareholders including FirstRand’s RMB agreed to buy out fellow investor Investec as part of a R2-billion recapitalisation for the South African fibre network operator. Metier... 

South Sudan has become the latest country to be connected to pan-African telecommunications group Liquid Telecom’s ambitious ‘One Africa’ broadband network. The network, now approaching 70 000 km... 

Telecommunications giant MTN and panAfrican telecommunications group Liquid Telecom South Africa have entered into a new deal to offer a fourth-generation (4G) roaming service to South African... 

Liquid Telecom has obtained a $180-million investment from UK development finance institution CDC Group to expand its high-speed broadband connectivity and Internet and cloud-based services into... 

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom plans to inject $400-million into Egypt’s network infrastructure and data centres over the next three years. This follows the signing of a partnership...