Seacom's ICT trial for 500Gb/s network proves successful Seacom has revealed its ICT project to trial five 100Gb/s optical transmissions in an attempt to boost South Africa's communications…

Nigeria spends $450m a year to improve ICT connections Nigeria invests more than $450 million (£274.8 million) a year into its ICT infrastructure, it has been revealed. The nation's…

Survey shows Nigeria, Kenya and SA top Africa's ICT markets South Africa (SA), Kenya and Nigeria have been found to be the three African nations that are topping ICT markets in the continent. The…

Orange and Google launch chat via GSM in Africa Last Wednesday American company Google and French telephone operator Orange signed a strategic partnership…

Angola receives more foreign investment than other African nations Angola was the beneficiary of more foreign direct investment (FDI) than any other African country in 2010 for its infrastructure…

WB supports road infrastructure project in Liberia The World Bank has just granted a loan facility of 250 million dollars to Liberia to finance a vast…

World Bank approves development grant for Burkina Faso The World Bank has announced it will give a grant to Burkina Faso in order to help the country develop and improve its infrastructure. It…

Countries in the Great Lakes region want infrastructure cooperation The countries in the Economic Community of the Great Lakes (CEPGL), Burundi, Rwanda and DRC, met last Monday and Tuesday…

SA to set up transport unit to boost infrastructure investment South Africa (SA) is to establish a body to organise investments into the country's transport infrastructure. Lwazi Mboyi, head of…

Mozambique and Botswana agree to rail transport project An agreement has been made for a transport infrastructure project to allow Botswana to gain greater access to the Indian Ocean through…