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New portal launched to report news on Africa’s digital development


Connecting Africa will provide news coverage and analysis of the forces that are shaping digital Africa and will chart the latest developments, examining their potential to enable pivotal socioeconomic development.

Light Reading has announced a new partnership with KNect365 to launch a new online community, Connecting Africa, which will track, analyze and report on all the major developments in Africa’s communications market. The online portal will also identify the key trends and talk to the movers and shakers who are transforming the continent.

Connecting Africa will provide news coverage and analysis of the forces that are shaping digital Africa and will chart the latest developments, examining their potential to enable pivotal socioeconomic development.

The platform will span all relevant topics and issues, including mobile money; mobile content; broadband connectivity; digital inclusion; the role of OTT content and applications; the role of 4G and road to 5G; cloud, virtualization, big data and other enterprise ICT developments; IoT and the development of smart cities; the startup community, and much more.

“Many markets in Africa have made significant progress towards becoming a digital society, supported by enhanced international connectivity and greater investments in fixed and mobile connectivity, and have led the way in developing innovative mobile finance services,” says Ray Le Maistre, Light Reading’s Editor-in-Chief  “This is a great time to be launching a dedicated online community that tracks the many different communications developments that are impacting individuals, businesses, and whole nations.”

Also leading the Connecting Africa editorial team will be Managing Editor Amy Turner, supported by editor Iain Morris.

“Like the region and sectors it serves, AfricaCom and its respective regional events have gone through a massive transformation this year, cementing their position at the forefront of the most dynamic markets and trends in the world,” says Turner. “The launch of Connecting Africa will see, for the first time, an online community serving both delegates of the KNect365 African portfolio of events, and the wider tech and telco community. This will facilitate a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the sector and the opportunities such insight can afford. In a telco sector worth more than $65 billion by 2018, Connecting Africa is undoubtedly the community for the architects of Africa’s digital future.”

The community will be the online portal that provides year-round coverage of a market that meets at the upcoming annual AfricaCom event in Cape Town, as well as at the regional events, Nigeria Com  East Africa Com and West Africa Com. AfricaCom’s week-long festival of events takes place at the CTICC (Cape Town International Convention Centre), Cape Town, South Africa, November 14-18.

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Nixon Kanali

Tech journalist based in Nairobi. I track and report on tech and African startups. Founder and Editor of TechTrends Media. Nixon is also the East African tech editor for Africa Business Communities. Send tips to nkanali@techtrendske.co.ke.

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