SOUTH AFRICA - MTN has announced that they are going to spend over R620m in Free State, Northern Cape in network expansion and 5G drive [TechAfrica News, August 2022]

Title:

MTN Commits R620M for 5G Network Expansion in Northern Cape

 

Author:

Sunette Els

General Manager: Regional Operations, MTN

Published:

TechAfrica News, 22 August 2022

https://techafricanews.com/2022/03/29/mtn-commits-r620m-for-5g-network-expansion-in-northern-cape/

From the article:

Focused on improving network availability, expediting battery resilience and maintaining throughput excellence across the Free State and Northern Cape , MTN will invest R412m in the Free State and R215m in the Northern Cape in 2022.

 

Google's African internet cable is heading to SA. First stop: Togo [fin24, March 2022]

Title:

Google's African internet cable is heading to SA. First stop: Togo 

 

Published:

fin24, 20 March 2022

https://www.news24.com/fin24/companies/ict/googles-african-internet-cable-is-heading-to-sa-first-stop-togo-20220320

 

From the article:

The West African country of Togo will be the first landing of a new Google undersea connected to Europe, in what the tech giant and the Togolese government have hailed as a “major digital infrastructure transformation initiative”.

SOUTH AFRICA - Google says new undersea cable will triple internet speeds in South Africa [BusinessTech, October 2021]

Title:

Google says new undersea cable will triple internet speeds in South Africa 

 

Published:

BusinessTech, 6 October 2021

https://businesstech.co.za/news/broadband/526946/google-says-new-undersea-cable-will-triple-internet-speeds-in-south-africa/

 

From the article:

The new subsea Equiano cable linking Africa and Europe will significantly decrease internet costs and triple internet speeds in South Africa, says Google.

 

2AFRICA (undersea cable) - This is where the massive 2Africa internet cable will land in South Africa

Title:

This is where the massive 2Africa internet cable will land in South Africa

 

Published:

BusinessTech, 24 February 2021

https://businesstech.co.za/news/broadband/470568/this-is-where-the-massive-2africa-internet-cable-will-land-in-south-africa/

 

From the article:

Premier Oscar Mabuyane has announced that the 2Africa undersea cable will be landing in the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the Eastern Cape, with other landings mapped for the Western Cape and KZN.

Note from blog owner:

* A map of the 2Africa undersea cable is included in this article.

* Also see the 2AFRICA website: https://www.2africacable.com/

Elon Musk's satellites start delivering the internet (by Toby Shapshak)

Title:

Elon Musk's satellites start delivering the internet

Author:

Toby Shapshak

 

Published:

Daily Maverick, 2 November 2020

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-11-02-elon-musks-satellites-start-delivering-the-internet/

 

From the article:

Starlink now has 900 satellites in low Earth orbit for its beta test for users in the northern US and southern Canada.

To be connected … or not to be? Is there any choice these days?

Title:
To be connected … or not to be? Is there any choice these days?

Author:
Tanya Cox, Director at CONCORD Europe

Published:
CONCORD, 30 June 2020
https://concordeurope.org/2020/06/30/to-be-connected-or-not-to-be-is-there-any-choice-these-days/

From the article:
Digitalisation is transforming the world whether we like it or not. New information and communication technologies are proliferating so quickly, in such a multitude of directions all over the globe, that it is hard to keep track of the changes, let alone understand their full implications. One thing is clear, however: with around half of the world’s population still not connected, those who remain in the analog world, risk being left far behind. Some would even argue that they risk being pushed further behind. From news and entertainment to education to e-health and other government services, the internet has been playing an increasingly central role in our lives.