Africa Matters

Broadband Africa Forum 2024: Driving F5.5G and All-Optical Connectivity Across Africa

Our Correspondent | Africa Guardian Cape Town, AfricaTech Festival – The 2024 Africa Broadband Forum (BBAF 2024) convened successfully in Cape Town under the theme “F5.5G Accelerating All-Optical Connectivity in Africa.” The forum brought together over 150 experts and industry leaders from international organizations, government bodies, and telecom operators to discuss advancing fibre broadband infrastructure and policy in Africa….

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Africa Mobile Broadband Summit 2023: Powering Digital Africa

Huawei and GSMA Intelligence held the Africa Mobile Broadband Summit 2023 in Dubai today. The event brought together African telecom regulators, industry organizations, carriers, think tanks, and industry partners to discuss a wide range of topics, including expanding mobile coverage, increasing 4G uptake, and managing the region’s evolution towards 5G. Li Peng, Huawei’s Corporate Senior Vice President and President…

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Huawei announces $430 mln 5-year investment plan for North Africa

The Chinese company Huawei Technologies announced its $430 million five-year investment plan, named “Intelligent Future,” for boosting smart transformation in North Africa, according to President of Huawei Northern Africa Terry He. The plan allocates $200 million for building the company’s first cloud center in North Africa, which will provide over 200 cloud computing services. Intelligent Future will also invest $200 million…

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Huawei calls for a ‘non-stop’ digital future for Africa’s banking industry

Huawei today announced its ‘Non Stop Banking’ initiative. Unveiled at the Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit for Africa 2023, the initiative calls for hand-in-hand collaboration between the ICT and banking industries and facilitate a digital future of ‘non-stop’ services, ‘non-stop’ development, and ‘non-stop’ innovation. In a keynote speech announcing the initiative, Leo Chen, president of Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa Region spoke…

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