Amini, an early-stage company focused on solving Africa’s environmental data gap through artificial intelligence (AI) and satellite technology, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding in an oversubscribed round led by Pale Blue Dot, a [c]
The Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS) and the Kenyan smart agri-tech company, Agrvision, have entered a 5-year strategic MoU to develop a nation-wide unified platform for crop monitoring and yield forecasting powered [c]
Digitalisation ensures a more sustainable and affordable option for continuity of operations. With Kenya quickly becoming a tech hub for East Africa, connectivity is crucial to empower business owners with increased opportunities for entrepreneurship and [c]
Pay Television Company StarTimes Media has secured broadcast rights to the UEFA Euro 2020 giving the broadcaster transmission rights across all media platforms including terrestrial, satellite and online streaming platform StarTimes ON. The highly anticipated [c]
Orange will be the first global telecom operator to integrate satellite-based terabitscale O3b mPOWER communications system in its network, to support the growing demand for connectivity in Africa. As part of the deal, Orange, with [c]
By Roku Fuku; Christopher James; and Ardernetim Kelly In 2000, the whole of Africa had less international internet bandwidth than Luxembourg (a country the size of the state of Rhode Island). Two decades later, despite [c]
The EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite has successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by Arianespace using an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on January 16. The separation [c]
Ethiopia’s TV broadcasting scene is set to change this week with the launch of Ethiosat – the first-ever dedicated Ethiopian TV platform to host Ethiopia’s most popular local channels. The project is collaboration between the [c]
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 [c]
An in-depth study, led by Nielsen, of television reception throughout Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast, has positioned Eutelsat as satellite market leader within these countries. The face-to-face interviews were conducted with 3,000 households in Nigeria, [c]
Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, has announced that its technology will be used by satellite operator NIGCOMSAT as it expands its enterprise, government and consumer Ka-band broadband services [c]
By Geoffrey Shimanyula Africa’s Internet life began as an outpost on the world network. Any Internet user in Nairobi calling up, say, a website in Kampala would trigger a data signal that travelled all the [c]
SatADSL, a provider of VSAT services via satellite, has announced a new service for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) which will enable them to deliver satellite-based connectivity without investment in physical infrastructure. Utilizing SatADSL’s multi-band, technology-agnostic [c]
With a strong presence in Europe on one side and in the Middle-East and Central Asia on the other side, the IEC Telecom Group has found it necessary to fill the gap in between in [c]
OSN, a pay-TV provider in the Middle East and North Africa, is ramping up capacity on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications. The additional capacity is intended to support more expansion for OSN, [c]
UAE-based satellite operator Yahsat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the possibility of new joint opportunities with existing partner, IEC Telecom in Africa. The agreement comes ahead of Yahsat taking delivery of [c]
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