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MTN’s Bayobab lands 2Africa submarine cable in Ghana, Nigeria

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MTN’s Bayobab, a provider of pan-African digital connectivity solutions, has finally landed its 45,000km-long 2Africa cable in Ghana and Nigeria. The MTN Group-owned company announced...

MTN’s Bayobab, Africa50 partner to develop pan-African terrestrial fibre

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Bayobab (former MTN GlobalConnect) and Africa50 have signed a partnership to develop Project East2West, a terrestrial fibre optic cable network connecting the eastern shores...

MTN GlobalConnect rebranded as Bayobab

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MTN GlobalConnect, MTN Group’s pan-African wholesale services business that owns stakes in a number of subsea cables and other telecommunications infrastructure, is changing its name...

MTN to build $314 million Africa fibre cable

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MTN Group has unveiled plans to build a R6-billion (US$314 million) terrestrial fibre cable to connect 10 countries, as telcos push to expand service...

​Fibre optic cable thieves arrested in Lagos

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Security officials in Lagos, Nigeria have picked up five suspected telecom fibre optic cable thieves at Ikoyi, TechEconomy.ng has reported. ​​ The policemen were on...

Google’s subsea cable Equiano lands in South Africa

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The Equiano subsea Internet cable was landed at Melkbosstrand north of Cape Town on Monday, the last stop on the route south for the 12-fibre-pair...

Google’s Equiano lands in Namibia

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Google's subsea internet cable, Equiano, has finally landed in Namibia.  Equiano is Google's first subsea cable in Africa. It is meant to connect Europe and Africa via...

BREAKING: Nigeria’s MainOne acquired by Equinix at $320 million

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Equinix Inc, a global leader in digital infrastructure, today announced its expansion into Africa through its intended acquisition of MainOne, a leading West African...

Road contractors who destroy telecom infrastructure will be prosecuted – Minister

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The Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has issued a strong warning to road contractors and persons who destroy telecommunication infrastructure such as fibre...

2Africa submarine cable extended to Arabian Gulf, India, Pakistan

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The 2Africa consortium, comprising of MTN GlobalConnect, China Mobile International, Facebook, Orange, STC, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, has announced the addition of a...
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