New opportunities with OTT services

Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom in Cape Town – Over the top (OTT) services are spreading across the value chain and driving new opportunities. John McClure, GM: service provider group at Intel, says there are three different growth paths for operators to...

WiFi Forum SA plots broadband future

The WiFi Forum of South Africa, a voluntary industry body comprising operators, service providers, technology providers and associated parties, hosted a session for stakeholders in Cape Town this week. The session was attended by various interested parties including...

Africa faces $11,4tn investment shortfall

Africa has the opportunity to quadruple living standards by 2040, but to do so it will need to find additional investment amounting to $11,4-trillion. That is the key finding of a Capital Economics report commissioned by Jersey Finance. While Africa has 15% of the...

Sub-Saharan Africa improves globalisation

According to the recently released DHL Global Connectedness Index (GCI), the sub-Saharan Africa region averaged the third largest increase in connectedness from 2011 to 2013 among all global regions. In addition, five of the countries showing the largest increase in...

iWay Africa set for TD-LTE evolution

iWay Africa will deploy Telrad Networks’ dual-mode solutions to evolve its network from fixed WiMAX to TD-LTE.Working with Telrad, iWayAfrica will bring enhanced connectivity to its growing base of business subscribers in Nairobi, with aggressive plans to expand into...