News
- FCC Updates Broadband Speed Standard, Aims for Nationwide High-Speed Internet Acces 15/03/2024
- CENTR Warns Against EU FiDA Proposal’s Impact on Consumer Access and Business Continuity 14/03/2024
- Subsea Cable Breaks Sever Internet Connectivity Across South Africa 14/03/2024
- Ransomware Crisis in U.S. Healthcare 07/03/2024
- CENTR Releases 2024 TLD Insights 29/02/2024
Africa ICT Updates
- Africa: Undersea Cables for Africa's Internet Retrace History and Leave Digital Gaps As They Connect Continents 16/03/2024[The Conversation Africa] Large parts of west and central Africa, as well as some countries in the south of the continent, were left without internet services on 14 March because of failures on four of the fibre optic cables that run below the world's oceans. Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Ghana, Burkina Faso and South Africa […]
- West Africa: Full Internet Restoration in Nigeria, Other Countries May Take Month 16/03/2024[Premium Times] The repair of the undersea cable cut that has affected internet services in Nigeria and many parts of sub-Saharan Africa may take about five weeks to be completed, MainOne said in a Friday statement.
- Kenya: Govt to Leverage On Kenya Power Lines for Last Mile Internet Connectivity - CS Owalo 16/03/2024[Capital FM] Siaya -- The government will use the existing Kenya Power infrastructure to take fiber optic cable to the rural areas, cabinet secretary for Information, Communication and the Digital Economy, Eliud Owalo has said.
- Africa: Africa Experiencing Slow Internet Connection, Microsoft Says Issue Being Fixed 15/03/2024[Nile Post] Microsoft Africa is close to fixing an outage that's been plaguing users across the continent. The culprit? Damaged undersea fiber optic cables messing with internet traffic.
- Nigeria: Undersea Cable Cuts Disrupt Data, Voice Services Along African West Coast 15/03/2024[Premium Times] Operators of these cables have commenced repairs.