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Why the internet's backbone needs urgent protection

Internet

Why the internet's backbone needs urgent protection

Alpheus Mangale, Issued by Stone 28 Feb 2025

Undersea cables connecting East Africa to the internet have experienced multiple incidents in 2024.

Telecoms & Networks

East Africa internet disrupted by another major undersea cable cut

Lindsey Schutters 12 May 2024

The subsea cable damage on West Africa could take 5 weeks to repair

Internet

5 week restoration for damaged subsea cables

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 18 Mar 2024

Damage is suspected to have occurred in the Red Sea

Telecoms & Networks

Seacom subsea cable outage disrupts service in east and southern Africa

26 Feb 2024

Teraco CT2 render. Source: Supplied

Smart Buildings & Cities

Teraco breaks ground on CT2 expansion

15 Nov 2023

South African ISPs must do better. Source: 2H Media/Unsplash

Internet

South Africa's ISPs must do better

Richard Firth 18 Aug 2023

South African internet users could experience service disruption. Source: Lars Kienle/Unsplash

Internet

South Africa and Angola experience contrasting internet cable fates

Lindsey Schutters 8 Aug 2023

World's largest subsea cable 2Africa lands in Amanzimtoti

Internet

World's largest subsea cable 2Africa lands in Amanzimtoti

8 Feb 2023

Vodacom lands 2Africa, the world's largest subsea cable, in EC

Internet

Vodacom lands 2Africa, the world's largest subsea cable, in EC

23 Jan 2023

MTN SA lands world's longest undersea cable 2Africa in Western Cape

Internet

MTN SA lands world's longest undersea cable 2Africa in Western Cape

13 Dec 2022

Liquid Dataport lands Equiano in Cape Town

Internet

Liquid Dataport lands Equiano in Cape Town

7 Oct 2022

Google's big undersea internet cable arrives in South Africa

Internet

Google's big undersea internet cable arrives in South Africa

10 Aug 2022

Telkom approves legal and structural separation of Openserve

Telecoms & Networks

Telkom approves legal and structural separation of Openserve

3 Aug 2022

Meta reveals its 'Africa Year in Review' for 2021

Social Media

Meta reveals its 'Africa Year in Review' for 2021

10 Dec 2021

2Africa to become the longest subsea cable system in the world

Internet

2Africa to become the longest subsea cable system in the world

28 Sep 2021

Africa Coast to Europe internet cable goes live in South Africa

Internet

Africa Coast to Europe internet cable goes live in South Africa

30 Jun 2021

Aim for the stars with satellite technology

Technology

Aim for the stars with satellite technology

Victor Stephanopoli 20 May 2020

Developing data centres for Africa

Data & Analytics

Developing data centres for Africa

6 May 2020

Internet

Slow internet speeds in SA

2 Apr 2020

Seacom, Tata Communications extend partnership in SA

Telecoms & Networks

Seacom, Tata Communications extend partnership in SA

4 Mar 2020

ICT

Seacom presents refreshed brand identity

5 Jul 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Media

First Africa Media Index published on Africa's media markets

24 May 2019

Behind the smoke and mirrors of SA's internet

Internet

Behind the smoke and mirrors of SA's internet

Grant Parker 9 Apr 2019

What 4IR means in the Namibian context

ICT

What 4IR means in the Namibian context

Llewellyn le Hané 5 Apr 2019

Data highway expands through Africa

Data & Analytics

Data highway expands through Africa

6 Mar 2019

We have to do things differently, and do them fast

Technology

We have to do things differently, and do them fast

Jan Coetzee 21 Dec 2018

Seacom announces strategic acquisition

Internet

Seacom announces strategic acquisition

19 Nov 2018

South Atlantic Cable System goes live

Telecoms & Networks

South Atlantic Cable System goes live

28 Sep 2018

Seacom announces acquisition of SAI

ICT

Seacom announces acquisition of SAI

28 Sep 2018

Orange invests in the MainOne submarine cable

Telecoms & Networks

Orange invests in the MainOne submarine cable

18 Sep 2018

New Cape Town/Brazil subsea cable to boost SA broadband

Internet

New Cape Town/Brazil subsea cable to boost SA broadband

Ilse van den Berg 18 Apr 2018

New subsea route between US, India via Brazil, South Africa

Internet

New subsea route between US, India via Brazil, South Africa

6 Nov 2017

A continental shift in global internet access in Africa

Internet

A continental shift in global internet access in Africa

António Nunes 3 Nov 2017

IOX Cable System to improve connectivity in Mauritius

Internet

IOX Cable System to improve connectivity in Mauritius

27 Sep 2017

Digital economy gets a boost with SACS installation

Digital

Digital economy gets a boost with SACS installation

10 Aug 2017

Cable system to link Africa and the Americas

Telecoms & Networks

Cable system to link Africa and the Americas

26 Apr 2017

Angola Cables to peer at NAPAfrica

Digital

Angola Cables to peer at NAPAfrica

28 Feb 2017

Digital

Nigerian Internet Exchange goes live with MainOne

27 Feb 2017

Digital

Building digital bridges to connect the world

22 Nov 2016

Third undersea cable system to connect Mauritius to Africa and rest of the world

Internet

Third undersea cable system to connect Mauritius to Africa and rest of the world

21 Nov 2016

Winds of change for SA's bandwidth landscape

Internet

Winds of change for SA's bandwidth landscape

16 Aug 2016

Internet

Microsoft-Facebook laying trans-Atlantic internet line

30 May 2016

Africa-1: new super cable to connect Africa

Telecoms & Networks

Africa-1: new super cable to connect Africa

19 Apr 2016

Submarine cable system between Nigeria and Cameroon completed

Network

Submarine cable system between Nigeria and Cameroon completed

12 Jan 2016

Image courtesy of Louise Marsland

Internet

ACE submarine cable phase two to connect Cape Town, Sao Tomé and Principe

23 Nov 2015

Undersea cable system to link Algeria and Spain

Telecoms & Networks

Undersea cable system to link Algeria and Spain

6 May 2015

Big dreams for Rwanda's ICT sector

Digital

Big dreams for Rwanda's ICT sector

Nirit Ben-Ari 14 Jul 2014