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Global Cloud Services Trends
Samsung’s new foldables start at $1,079, top out at $2,749
Samsung launches Fold 7 and Flip 7 with minor upgrades, but high prices continue to limit global foldable growth.

Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Brussels proposal risks new altnet monopoly across Europe
What happened: altnets warn Brussels’ deregulation risks monopoly A coalition of nine European alternative network operators—including Vodafone, Iliad, Colt and Eurofiber—has warned that Brussels’ plan to relax fixed‑network regulations could re‑monopolise the market. They issued…

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Airtel picks Ericsson for fixed wireless push India’s connectivity
Bharti Airtel partners with Ericsson for 5G fixed wireless access in India. But can this cloud solution overcome challenges in rural areas?

Africa Cloud Services Trends
Technobiz Business Solutions: custom IT for business growth
Technobiz Business Solutions delivers customised enterprise IT services and systems integration across Kenya.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
UK can follow Europe’s data centre playbook
Drawing on successes in Portugal and Germany, experts suggest the UK can boost its data centre industry by improving grid access.

Africa Institutional Trends
MDPA: Mauritius’s digital growth catalyst
The Mauritius Digital Promotion Agency drives digital skills, SME programmes, and national ICT policy to build a high-capacity economy.

Africa Cloud Services Trends
CNRST: Morocco’s national research engine
The Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST) promotes Morocco’s scientific development via funding.

Africa Cloud Services Trends
BotswanaPost national postal and digital services
BotswanaPost offers postal, logistics and digital financial services. It delivers agency banking and healthcare logistics across Botswana.

Global Cloud Services Trends
SCPT: Champions digital transformation at OSIANE 2025
SCPT joined OSIANE 2025 to showcase DRC digital progress, collaborating with ARPTC and ADN in Brazzaville.

Global Regional ISP Trends
Orange Burkina Faso telecommunications leader
Orange Burkina Faso offers mobile, internet, fibre and Orange Money mobile financial services. It serves over six million users.

Global National Telecom Trends
T‑Mobile closes $4.4B UScellular deal, gains 30% spectrum
T‑Mobile acquires UScellular for $4.4 billion after DOJ antitrust clearance, gaining spectrum and customers while boosting rural 5G reach.

Africa Cloud Services Trends
StellarIX: Pan‑African data infrastructure specialist
StellarIX, an Axian Telecom subsidiary, offers Tier‑III data centres, colocation, cloud hosting, and managed services across Africa.

Africa Cloud Services Trends
Mantrac Ghana Ltd: Driving infrastructure growth
Mantrac Ghana boosts infrastructure by delivering Caterpillar machinery, smart fleet management tools, and digital support services across industries.

Africa Cloud Services Trends
First Atlantic Bank: Driving financial innovation in Ghana
First Atlantic Bank leads Ghana’s digital banking revolution, enhancing financial inclusion and supporting economic growth.

Africa Cloud Services Trends
SP Echo Ghana: Innovating the digital marketing landscape
SP Echo Ghana drives digital marketing innovation, helping businesses boost visibility, engagement, and growth in Ghana.

Global Institutional Trends
Ro& taps Gina Grosso as adviser amid global PRI launch
Lt Gen (ret) Gina Grosso joins Ro& Advisory Board as it prepares to scale its Physical Risk Intelligence platform worldwide.

Companies
How AFRINIC is helping Africa embrace IPv6
AFRINIC supports Africa’s IPv6 transition with free training, deployathons, policy guidance and government collaboration.

Companies
AFRINIC’s Election Failures Undermine Africa’s Internet Reliability
Shady election processes and governance failures at AFRINIC risk disrupting address allocation and undermining Africa’s internet progress.

Companies
AFRINIC instability threatens Africa’s internet future
Governance failure undermines AFRINIC’s legitimacy AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa, is once again embroiled in controversy following its most recent election process. Stakeholders say the process was riddled with irregularities—from disqualification…

Companies
The dark side of AFRINIC IP address leasing and brokering
AFRINIC’s election halt over one proxy vote exposed weak procedures, deepening distrust in its IP leasing and brokering governance.
