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Africa National Telecom Trends
Twilio saw recovery on a subset of SMS routes to Safaricom, but had not closed the incident
Twilio reported delays and failures from some alphanumeric sender IDs and long codes to Safaricom subscribers in Kenya. It identified an undisclosed cause, observed recovery after 94 minutes and was still monitoring stability at the fixed cutoff.
Africa National Telecom Trends
UNITEL has contained a cyber incident; Angola is still waiting for a complete recovery ledger
A national mobile network does not return with one switch. UNITEL says phased restoration of voice, data and internet began at 11:45 local time on 29 July after a cyberattack had disrupted those services across Angola. Its 30 July market notice described partial service in 13…
Africa National Telecom Trends
Ethio Telecom’s 47.5% EBIT growth outruns revenue without revealing the margin
Ethio Telecom reported earnings before interest and tax of 92.9 billion birr for its latest financial year, up 47.5%, while revenue rose 33% to 215.8 billion birr. The gap points to stronger operating conversion, but the disclosed numbers do not supply the prior-year bases or a…
Africa National Telecom Trends
Maroc Telecom’s 39.7% profit fall begins with last year’s exceptional gain
Maroc Telecom’s first-half revenue rose 5.4% and EBITDA rose 5.1%, yet reported group net income fell 39.7%. The apparent contradiction is largely a comparison problem: the 2025 base included exceptional Wana-related income. Separating that item from repeatable operations changes…
Africa National Telecom Trends
Starlink is operational in Seychelles, but launch, ordering and price remain separate
Seychelles News Agency reported Starlink’s activation on July 20. Its July 21 follow-up adds that operations began on July 18, the authorisation covers internet rather than mobile telephony and local tariffs have not been officially announced. An official launch was still…
Africa National Telecom Trends
Malawi turns a tariff-notice breach into customer credits
MACRA's order makes advance pricing notice an enforceable cost: Airtel Malawi and TNM must reverse the bundle-price difference for affected purchases and prove completion by 31 July.
Africa National Telecom Trends
Africa's Digital Ambition Faces a Power Challenge
Reliable electricity is becoming the defining constraint on Africa's digital infrastructure ambitions, even as investment in data centres, fibre networks and AI infrastructure accelerates across the continent.
Africa National Telecom Trends
Nigeria fibre rollout faces quality risk
Nigeria’s Project BRIDGE fibre build is moving from route ambition into execution risk as experts warn that poor installation standards could weaken broadband reliability after capital is spent.
Africa National Telecom Trends
Chad deploys real-time telecom monitoring platform
Chad launches ARCEP real-time telecom oversight platform enabling continuous monitoring of networks, spectrum, and performance.
Africa National Telecom Trends
Burkina Faso inspects national fibre to close reliability gaps
Burkina Faso launches a national fibre inspection mission to strengthen telecom infrastructure oversight and service reliability.
Africa National Telecom Trends
GSMA: Africa mobile market moves from coverage to value
GSMA says Africa’s mobile sector added $240bn in 2025 as operators shift from coverage growth to digital value creation.
Africa Datacenter Trends
Eaton powers Kasi’s Africa hyperscale push
Eaton is supporting Kasi’s Africa hyperscale data centre push with grid-to-chip power systems designed for AI-ready capacity.
Africa Cloud Services Trends
Gowtamsingh Dabee the accountant running Africa’s internet
A chartered accountant now runs AfriNIC as legal disputes and election rule changes deepen its governance crisis.
Africa Cloud Services Trends
Carla Sanderson
Carla Sanderson is a South African digital-infrastructure executive whose public relevance now sits at the junction of Teraco, NAPAfrica and AFRINIC. AFRINIC's candidate materials identify her as Head of Marketing at Teraco and link that role to NAPAfrica's exchange-community…
Africa Cloud Services Trends
Kaleem Ahmed Usmani
Kaleem Ahmed Usmani is publicly visible as a Mauritius cyber-response official through CERT-MU and Singapore International Cyber Week sources. That gives the page a defensible person profile: a national incident-response leader whose credibility matters in regional…
Africa Cloud Services Trends
Angola Cables closes South Atlantic cable ring
Angola Cables builds a South Atlantic cable ring, linking Africa and Brazil while reducing latency and diversifying global traffic routes.
Africa Datacenter Trends
Africa Data Centres boosts SA connectivity with Oni-Tel
Africa Data Centres partners Oni-Tel to deploy dark fibre and boost connectivity across South Africa’s data centre hubs.
Africa Regional ISP Trends
Digital Realty and IXPN Launch Nigeria IXP
Lagos IXP launch by Digital Realty and IXPN boosts local traffic exchange and reduces reliance on international bandwidth routes.
Africa Institutional Trends
Republic of the Congo election shutdown cut Internet traffic for 50.5 hours
Measurements put Republic of the Congo connectivity near 3% of normal during the 15 March vote; the public record identifies no order or enforcement method.
Africa Cloud Services Trends
Ghana launches shared 5G network amid uncertainty
Ghana’s shared 5G network is live, but concerns about its financial sustainability and long-term viability remain.