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SEACOM Partners With Cloudflare to Deliver Cybersecurity Solutions in Africa
SEACOM, a leading African connectivity and cloud services provider, together with Forefront, a cybersecurity managed services firm, have announced a…
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SEACOM Offers Colocation and IP Transit Services Via New Johannesburg Data Centre
SEACOM now offers colocation and IP transit services via the JN1 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre owned and operated…
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SEACOM restores service to customers following repairs to East Africa cable
SEACOM says it has restored services to its customers following the completion of subsea repair operations on its East Africa…
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SEACOM suffers subsea cable outage between Kenya, Egypt
Telecoms provider SEACOM encountered a service-affecting outage on its subsea cable system last weekend. According to a statement from the…
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SEACOM Group CEO Oliver Fortuin Resigns
SEACOM Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Oliver Fortuin, has resigned from the company. According to a statement from the telecommunications…
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BUSINESS
Jubilee Holdings acquires 10% additional stake in SEACOM
Insurance group Jubilee Holdings Limited has purchased an additional 10% stake in submarine fibre optic cable service provider SEACOM. The…
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SEACOM acquires now-obsolete Africell Uganda assets
Subsea cable company SEACOM has announced that it will acquire selected infrastructure assets from now-defunct Africell in Uganda. The acquisition SEACOM…
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New Appointments
SEACOM appoints Tejpal Bedi Managing Director for ENEA region
SEACOM has announced the appointment of Tejpal Bedi to the role of Managing Director and Regional Head of Sales for the ENEA…
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SEACOM acquires Kenya’s Metro Fibre Network Hirani Telecom
Pan-African telecommunications services provider SEACOM has announced that it has completed the 100% acquisition of Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network.…
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SEACOM MD for East North East Africa Tonny Tugee resigns
SEACOM on Thursday announced that its Regional Managing Director for East North East Africa, Tonny Tugee, is leaving the company. …
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FRANCIS WAINAINA: How cloud technology could transform manufacturing in Africa
Globally, the manufacturing sector plays a significant role in driving economic growth, job creation, and lifting people out of poverty.…
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COLUMNS
Tonny Tugee: Connectivity, collaboration, competition – The 3 essential Cs for Africa’s growth
Africa’s population is rapidly expanding. In fact, forecasters predict that the continent’s population will nearly triple by 2050. This could…
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Francis Wainaina: The role of cloud in Kenya’s growing tech start-up scene
Despite a global pandemic with many business-related hurdles, the resilient African tech start-up ecosystem thrived during 2020, securing a record-breaking…
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[Column] Patrick Ndegwa: The future of connectivity in Africa – and how to prepare your business
Connectivity has transformed traditional business models in Africa and given consumers new platforms, products, and services that they can access…
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[Column] Patrick Ndegwa: How connectivity is transforming Kenyan agriculture
The agricultural sector makes up roughly 31.5% of Kenya’s GDP and employs 38% of Kenya’s total population. For 70% of…
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New Appointments
Oliver Fortuin takes over from Byron Clatterbuck as new SEACOM Group CEO
SEACOM today announced that it has appointed Oliver Fortuin, who is currently the Group Chief Enterprise Officer at MTN as…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Tonny Tugee: Education and cloud technology in Kenya – the key to a competitive edge
A fundamental building block in ensuring the success of not only a country, but each citizen, is education. Our journey…
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[Column] Francis Wainaina: Harnessing the Power of Cloud Computing in Kenya
The topic of cloud computing has been doing the rounds for quite some time now, and businesses have been flooded…
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[Column] Francis Wainaina: The New Business Debate – Cloud Vs Security
2020 has been a year that will forever mark a dramatic spike in global corporate cloud adoption. Connecting employees to…
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[Column] The Role of Emerging Technologies in the World of Work
The future of work has been a topic on the minds of business owners across the world for years. Terms…
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[Column] Coping with COVID-19: The Role of the ICT Industry During a Pandemic
As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, the toll on human life is growing exponentially. The impact…
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SEACOM is patnering with Tata Communications to offer high-speed pathways between Africa, Europe and Asia
Pan-African telecommunications service provider, SEACOM has joined forces with digital infrastructure provider Tata Communications to offer high-speed, reliable pathways between Africa, Europe…
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SEACOM Partners With Vodacom To Expand Reach Across Africa
SEACOM has partnered with Vodacom Business Africa, the enterprise-focused ICT subsidiary of the Vodacom Group, to expand across Africa. Since…
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SEACOM is doubling its data capacity to connect more African businesses to cloud
SEACOM wants to double the data capacity on its broadband submarine cable system from 1.5 terabytes to 3 terabytes. The…
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SEACOM launches its direct-to-corporate connectivity and cloud services in Uganda
Pan-African telecoms enabler SEACOM has extended its corporate market offering into the East African region, under its SEACOM Business brand.…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Urban vs Rural – How to optimise ICT investment strategies
Africa is a large continent, and investors tend to pick and choose their markets based on a multitude of criteria.…
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SEACOM celebrates sixth Foundation Day by helping communities across Africa
Telecom enabler SEACOM celebrated the sixth anniversary of its commercial launch by spending time with – and providing support to…
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