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8 future Middle East submarine cable projects

Submarine cables are all about connecting different parts of the world. As a historical hub between east and west, the Middle East region has long been a crossing point for the world’s undersea connectivity – particularly through Egypt, which runs many cables through its territory.

ITW Africa 2023: Nadia Habsatou, president and founder of Learn&Adapt

Habsatou talks to Nadine Hawkins, editor at Capacity Media about her career journey and the challenges women in Cameroon face in the tech industry.

Exclusive: Afrinic placed in receivership, board elections to be held in six months

A Mauritius court yesterday ruled that Afrinic (African Network Information Centre), the regional Internet registry (RIR) for Africa would be placed into receivership.

5 African connectivity projects and areas to watch in 2023

Covering a continent’s worth of connectivity in three days is a tough ask – but that’s what the ITW Africa agenda will try to do. There have been several interesting developments, projects and focus areas in the African telecoms and connectivity market in 2023 – here are just five of them in areas…

MTN GlobalConnect rebrands as Bayobab at ITW 2023

As part of their commitment to digitally connecting Africa, MTN GlobalConnect unveils their new name.

Mada Communications (Mada®) expands services to Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America

Building on its success in the MENA region, Mada® is now offering its world-class A2P services to clients in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.

ITW Africa

MTN appoints 3 women as CEOs in Cameroon, Rwanda and Uganda

Africa’s MTN group has announced three new CEOs, all of them women, and two of them CEOs for the first time. They take up their posts on 1 September.

IPT PowerTech add Guinea Conakry and Lebanon to their ESCO portfolio

How the world’s largest T-ESCO is going from strength to strength

Why MNO consolidation is sometimes good news for towercos

The knee-jerk reaction can be that MNO consolidation lowers the glass ceiling on tenancy ratios and is therefore bad news for towercos – but is that always the case?