F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Another cable break wrecks SA’s internet access, but a fix is on the way
No, it wasn’t just you, or because of the lockdown either. The internet across much of South Africa was slow this weekend thanks to…
Breaks in undersea cables slows South Africa’s internet to a crawl
A number of internet service providers (ISPs) across South Africa are currently experiencing intermittent access to international sites. Afrihost, Axxess and WebAfrica all confirmed…
Bloemfontein joins Seacom’s network thanks to new node
Great news, Bloemfontein. You’re now part of Seacom’s cable network. The organisation on Wednesday announced that South Africa’s judicial capital’s node has been switched…
Google’s Equiano subsea cable will connect Cape Town to Lisbon by 2021
Google on Friday announced its plans to sink a subsea fibre optic internet cable between Europe and Africa. Dubbed Equiano, after a Nigerian writer…
