Raxio, Roha and Meridiam have successfully secured a sustainability-linked debt facility of up to US$170mn in multiple tranches for Raxio Data Centres, a leading pan-African data centre developer and operator
Mobile Computing
AWS to invest in South African cloud infrastructure
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has stated, in its new economic impact study (EIS), that it plans to invest 30.4bn more rands (approx. US$1.6bn) in its South African cloud infrastructure by 2029
Airtel Africa expands Nigerian network
Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, has announced that its subsidiary, Airtel Networks, has purchased 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3500MHz band and 2x5MHz of 2600MHz from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for a gross consideration of US$316.7mn
BCX deploys 5G technologies to enhance efficiencies at Nungu Mine
BCX, a large systems integrators in Africa and a division of Telkom, has collaborated with partners Huawei, MPI Holdings, Umnotho Technologies and Dahua to transform operational efficiencies and safety at the Nungu Mine, South Africa, through 5G wireless-enabled technology
Paratus named distribution partner by OneWeb
OneWeb has announced the signing of a distribution partnership with Paratus Group, the pan-African telecommunications company, to deliver OneWeb’s low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity solutions across Africa once its global network coverage is activated in 2023