Liquid Telecom Kenya has connected Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital in Nairobi to Dadaab refugee complex. The community of approximately 250,000 refugees across four camps almost 500km away from the hospital now has access to dedicated healthcare including consultations, diagnostics […]
Liquid Telecom is supporting African gaming developers, programmers and designers at locally hosted Global Game Jam events in East Africa this weekend. As a local partner in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, Liquid Telecom will […]
Liquid Telecom has appointed Susan M’kandawire Mulikita as CEO of Liquid Telecom Zambia to accelerate growth and market penetration across the country. Based in Zambia, Susan joined the company on January 14, 2019 and becomes […]
Liquid Telecom has appointed Mohamed Abdel Bassit as its new Regional CEO for Middle East and West Africa (MEWA), effective January 1, 2019. Based in Cairo, Bassit will oversee the group’s expansion further into MEWA […]
Liquid Telecom Kenya has partnered with Code for Africa (CfA), a non-profit civic technology network, to install air quality sensors at 3,000 sites across Kenya, following warnings that air pollution is killing more than 20,000 […]
Liquid Telecom has reached an agreement with CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, to invest US $180 million in the company. This investment will enable Liquid Telecom to expand its high-speed broadband connectivity to […]
Liquid Telecom is extending its VSAT service through a new partnership with Kymeta, enabling it to deliver enhanced satellite mobile connectivity across Africa. As part of a master distribution agreement announced at AfricaCom 2018, Kymeta’s […]
The annual AfricaCom Awards shortlist has been released. According to Tom Cuthell, Portfolio Director at KNect365, organiser of AfricaCom and the AfricaCom Awards: “The AfricaCom Awards grow in stature each year as a direct result […]
Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) and Liquid Telecom have signed an agreement to extend affordable internet to Somalia, Ethiopia and Uganda. As part of the deal, Liquid Telecom will lease Ketraco’s electricity transmission lines to […]
Liquid Telecom has completed the acquisition of the remaining 50 per cent stake in its Zambian subsidiary, CEC Liquid Telecom, from Copperbelt Energy Corporation. The acquisition will help facilitate the group’s digital transformation strategy through […]
Liquid Telecom has appointed Adil Youssefi as the new Regional CEO of East Africa, where he will oversee five key markets in the region. In his new role, Adil will be directly responsible for the […]
Stephane Duproz, CEO of Africa Data Centres (ADC), part of Liquid Telecom, has been elected as Vice President of Africa Data Center Association; a new membership organisation dedicated to driving awareness of the data centre industry in Africa. Africa Data Center Association was launched at the DataCloud Africa Leadership Summit […]
Liquid Telecom is supporting young entrepreneurs at the Westerwelle Startup Haus Kigali through its high-speed internet and cloud-based services. Soft-launched in early August (but officially opened this week), the Westerwelle Startup Haus is a hub for […]
Liquid Telecom has announced a partnership with Zindi to support the rollout of its new data science competition platform across Africa. Zindi was launched at the AI Expo Africa in Cape Town, to provide a […]
By Ben Roberts When mobile phones took off more quickly and more widely in Africa than elsewhere, the continent leapt ahead of the western world in mobile adoption. This was driven by its sparse and costly landline […]
Liquid Telecom has delivered the first Microsoft ExpressRoute service peering in Africa, in the process offering customers better performance, tighter security and lower latency. Microsoft ExpressRoute, part of Liquid Telecom’s CloudConnect offering, allows businesses to […]
Africa Data Centres (ADC) has named Stephane Duproz as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Part of the Liquid Telecom Group, ADC was launched in 2018 to address the growing demand for cloud storage and […]
Liquid Telecom has partnered with AfriLabs, a network organisation of 100 innovation centres across 30 African countries, to explore new ways to support local start-ups and promote sustainable innovation across Africa. From digital skills training […]
Liquid Telecom has announced that it is now a Gold Partner for Cloud Productivity in Microsoft’s Partner Network programme. The accreditation is achieved only by the world’s top IT and telecoms companies and confirms that […]
Liquid Telecom has announced the availability of Microsoft Azure Stack – an extension of an ever-expanding set of cloud services to consistently develop and run hybrid cloud applications – to select African markets. Leveraging its pan-African fibre […]
China Telecom Global (CTG), a subsidiary of China Telecom Corporation and one of the world’s largest providers of integrated telecom services, and Liquid Telecom, have announced the signing of a strategic partnership whereby they will collaborate […]
Liquid Telecom and Serianu, a pan-African IT security consulting firm, have announced a new partnership to improve cybersecurity standards and practices across Africa. The partnership brings together Liquid Telecom’s fibre network, data centres and cloud-based […]
Liquid Telecom Kenya has announced it is connecting the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) headquarters to all 47 of its regional offices over the next two weeks. Access to high-speed internet will accelerate road bidding and […]
Liquid Telecom’s Group CTIO, Ben Roberts, explains how access to technology can inspire a new generation of African techies. The future of Africa belongs to Generation Z. As the world’s youngest region, approximately 20% of […]
Sudatel Telecom of Sudan and Liquid Telecom have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build new FTTH (fibre-to-the-home) networks across Sudan. The partnership will increase the broadband capacity and speeds available to homes and businesses in Sudan, […]
By Dan Kwach Business data has grown exponentially in recent years, but its usage in driving forward businesses had been relatively limited, until the dawn of the Big Data revolution. Now, more companies are moving […]
Kyle Whitehill, who joined Liquid Telecom as the CEO of the firm’s subsidiary in South Africa in May last year, is set to leave the company at the end of March and return to the […]
Liquid Telecom Kenya has built a 400Mbps connection across Kisumu City in just 24 hours in order to livestream the red carpet arrivals for the movie premiere of Kenya’s Black Panther this evening. In order […]
Liquid Telecom has announced its sponsorship of the Africa Tech Summit and will join innovators from Africa at this week event set to take place at the Marriott Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, from February 14 – […]
Africa Data Centres, part of Liquid Telecom, has opened newly-expanded data centre facilities in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. The carrier-neutral SADC Johannesburg and SADC Cape Town will provide cloud service providers, carriers and […]
Two winners of the #GoGettaz entrepreneurship contest will be selected and announced during the Pathways for Prosperity Commission Tech and Entrepreneurship Town Hall meeting with Strive Masiyiwa set for January 26 at Strathmore University in Nairobi. The […]
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