| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.10.2024 | ISPs love Octotel, industry survey finds | Octotel has displaced MetroFibre as South Africa’s highest-rated large fibre network operator (FNO), according to a new study by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa).
Every six months, Ispa publishes a ranking of consumer perc... |
| 23.08.2024 | Globalstar's Satellite Strategy: A New Era of Connectivity | In the fast-paced world of technology, connectivity is king. The recent developments surrounding Globalstar, Inc. highlight this truth. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted Globalstar a 15-year extension for its HIBLEO-4 ... |
| 21.08.2024 | Zimbabwe: Liquid Partners US Firm for Fast 5G Tech | LIQUID Intelligent Technologies has partnered with United States communication technology firm Globalstar to deliver advanced 5G connectivity solutions in Zimbabwe, Africa, Middle East, and the Gulf region.
Globalstar is a satellite communi... |
| 21.08.2024 | US development agency to fund Liquid in new tranche | Hardy Pemhiwa
A US development agency will be one of the main investors as African fibre company Liquid Telecommunication Holdings seeks to raise US$225-million (R4-billion) in equity by the end of the year, according to CEO Hardy Pemhiwa.
... |
| 06.08.2024 | Zimbabwe: Cassava Tech Launches Ai Business Unit | Technology systems integrator Cassava Technologies (Cassava) has announced that its Aartificial Intelligence (AI) activities will now operate as a separate business unit, Cassava AI.
Since the advent of generative AI, Cassava has forged str... |
| 18.07.2024 | No load shedding – but ‘load reduction’ still hurting telcos | Nomvuyiso Batyi
Telecommunications industry lobby group the Association for Comms & Technology (ACT) – which represents South Africa’s big telecommunications operators – has warned that the suspension of load shedding at national level ... |
| 16.07.2024 | Liquid C2 Launches Cloudmania in Egypt | Share this:
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| 09.07.2024 | 9 months: the time it takes South African SMEs to detect a security breach | Cybercriminals are using more sophisticated methods to infiltrate organisations. One of the consequences of this is that organisations are taking longer to detect and act on security breaches, increasing the risk to their operations as well... |
| 04.07.2024 | Controversial spectrum deal: Icasa questions Vodacom’s legal tactics | Icasa chairman Mothibi Ramusi
Icasa chairman Mothibi Ramusi has hit back at Vodacom after the mobile operator accused the communications regulator of unlawfully approving spectrum “pooling” agreements between MTN, Cell C and Liquid Intellig... |
| 03.07.2024 | Telkom blasts Icasa in ‘spectrum pooling’ case | Telkom has criticised communications regulator Icasa over its alleged failure to engage stakeholders – including other mobile network operators – before approving spectrum pooling agreements between MTN, Cell C and Liquid Intelligent Techno... |
| 01.07.2024 | Weekly economic index: South African telco giants clash, Meta to pay Nigerian and Ghanaian content creators, and Nigeria’s debt to GDP ratio reaches record high. | Here are three big stories from Africa’s business and policy landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should keep in mind this week: MTN contests Vodacom’s Spectrum allegations
The South African telecommunications industry is embroiled in a... |
| 27.06.2024 | We are not law breakers: MTN hits back at Vodacom lawsuit | Image: MTN
MTN South Africa said on Thursday that it will fight Vodacom’s lawsuit that alleged spectrum pooling arrangements with Cell C and Liquid Intelligent Technologies were unlawful.
TechCentral reported last month that Vodacom had sou... |
| 04.06.2024 | Google won’t answer questions on new Umoja cable system | The Umoja subsea cable system will connect South African with Australia
Google is keeping its cards close to its chest regarding the construction of a new undersea cable system called Umoja that will connect South Africa and Australia.
The ... |
| 24.05.2024 | Vodacom drags Icasa to court over ‘secret’ spectrum deals | Vodacom has filed an application at the high court in Pretoria seeking an urgent interdict to stop rival MTN from using “spectrum pooling” arrangements that it claims were approved unlawfully by communications regulator Icasa in June 2022.
... |
| 23.05.2024 | Google свяжет Африку и Австралию первым подводным оптоволоконным кабелем | Согласно Techcrunch, Google строит первый в истории подводный оптоволоконный кабель, который напрямую свяжет Африку и Австралию. Проект призван значительно улучшить качество доступа в интернет в регионе, сталкивающегося с серьезными перебоя... |
| 23.05.2024 | Google to build South Africa to Australia subsea cable called Umoja | Google has announced plans to build a new, high-capacity subsea cable system that connects Africa and Australia.
The move comes after the recent completion of the Equiano cable system, built by Google, which connects South Africa to Europe ... |
| 25.04.2024 | South Africa’s fibre network operators rated – by the ISPs | Internet service providers have voiced a growing lack of confidence in upstream fibre network operators, a new survey by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has found.
The survey measures the views of Ispa members, which part... |
| 28.03.2024 | MTN Group hires Mike Silber in senior regulatory role | Mike Silber
Mike Silber is joining MTN as group executive for regulatory affairs, effective 1 April. The well-known ICT industry veteran and specialist attorney was previously with Liquid Intelligent Technologies, where he was group chief r... |
| 21.09.2023 | Liquid Intelligent Technologies Zambia Launches Azure Stack, Helping Businesses Access Cloud Solutions That Meet Local Compliance Requirements | This offering will ensure businesses can access local cloud solutions cost-effectively, meet local data regulatory requirements and efficiently run latency-sensitive business applications
Liquid Intelligent Technologies Zambia, a business o... |
| 01.06.2023 | Liquid C2 and INOVO Partnership Enables African Contact Centres to Effortlessly Boost Customer Experience (CX) Through a Flexible, Fully Integrated Cloud Solution | Liquid C2, a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), a pan-African technology group, has partnered with INOVO to offer its omni-channel cloud contact centre to clients in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Afri... |
| 21.03.2023 | Liquid Intelligent Technologies expands into Egypt
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Success! | Liquid Intelligent Technologies has acquired a Cairo-based cloud and cyber security provider, Cysiv MEA. Cysiv MEA has been in business since 2008 and specialises in providing enterprise cloud and cyber security services to some of Egypt’s ... |
| 02.03.2023 | Microsoft in Africa fibre deal with Liquid | Microsoft president Brad Smith
Microsoft has reached a deal with Africa’s biggest independent fibre network towards its goal of expanding Internet access on the continent, its president, Brad Smith, said.
By 2025, the agreement, with Liquid... |
| 02.02.2023 | Nokia to give Liquid’s fibre network a big speed upgrade | Nokia said on Thursday that it has been selected by Liquid Intelligent Technologies to deploy a next-generation optical transport network connecting a vast swathe of East and Southern Africa.
The network, connecting Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, t... |
| 28.11.2022 | Liquid Intelligent Technologies Set To Accelerate Nigeria’s digital transformation by expanding operations into the country
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Success! | Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, officially announces the launch of its operations in Nigeria. As a one-stop shop technology company offering high-speed connectivity, cloud... |
| 16.11.2022 | Liquid to connect ECape with 7 000km fibre network | Pan-African telecommunications services provider Liquid Intelligent Technologies says it is building a 7 000km fibre
FIBRE Contact Mesh Telecom for cost-effective business broadband solutions backed by a business service level agreement.
ne... |
| 21.09.2022 | Who will win the race for 5G dominance in South Africa? | In March, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) held the long-awaited broadband spectrum auction, which saw six network providers—Rain, Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, Liquid Telcoms and Cell C—bid for frequency spectrum in... |
| 18.09.2022 | Africa: Amazon Web Service Approves Liquid Cloud As Direct Connect Delivery Partner | The reality of Africa's historically low economic growth is the very reason the world mistakenly believes that Africa lags too far behind the global cloud innovation boom. That way of thinking is essentially erroneous.
According to Business... |
| 26.01.2022 | Liquid Intelligent Technologies welcomes ICASA’s implementing non-geo porting rules | Liquid Intelligent Technologies welcomes the landmark decision made by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) concerning the porting of non-geographic numbers.
ICASA has proclaimed the 2018 number Portability Regul... |
| 11.11.2021 | Liquid Intelligent Technologies launches OneVoice for Cloud PBX in six African markets | Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, launches OneVoice for Cloud PBX offering in six key African markets. This is part of the organisation’s investment as it partners with its ... |
| 09.11.2021 | IFC increases investment in Liquid Intelligent Technologies to expand data growth across Africa | Share this:
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| 08.11.2021 | IFC Partners with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to Boost Africa's Digital Infrastructure | London, UK, November 8, 2021-To support universal and affordable broadband access in Africa, IFC has partnered with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to expand data center capacity and the rollout of fiber-optic cable on the continent.
The pa... |
| 28.10.2021 | Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Orange Partner to Expand Network Reach Across Africa and Build a Safer Digital Society | Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Orange, announced a new partnership to leverage each other’s existing networks in Africa, allowing them even greater access and opportunity to build their businesses throughout the continent.
This partner... |
| 25.10.2021 | Liquid Intelligent Technologies named Best African Wholesale Carrier for 10th Consecutive Year at the Global Carrier Awards | Liquid Intelligent Technologies was awarded the Best African Wholesale Carrier for the 10th consecutive year at The Global Carrier Awards ceremony in London.
These annual awards are the most prestigious in the wholesale telecoms industry an... |
| 19.10.2021 | Liquid Intelligent Technologies Announces a New Asia-USA Global Internet Transit Route via Africa | Leading pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies is proud to announce the launch of its shortest terrestrial fibre route between the East to the West coasts of Africa, connecting Mombasa, Kenya to Muanda, DRC. With the c... |
| 28.09.2021 | Liquid Intelligent Technologies launches OneVoice for Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams, introducing seamless Voice calls | Operator Connect enables seamless PSTN phone services in Teams
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a leading pan-African technology group, is excited to have been announced as a launch partner for Microsoft’s new Operator Connect for Microsoft... |
| 16.09.2021 | Liquid Intelligent Technologies connects the DRC and Congo Brazzaville with high-speed connectivity | Share this:
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| 08.09.2021 | Liquid And Unitas Global Create The Largest Network Of Interconnected Data Centres In Africa | Pan-African technology group, Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), has announced a strategic partnership with global managed network provider, Unitas Global in a bid to meet the demands of rapid digital transformation across the contin... |
| 08.07.2021 | Facebook to fund ‘extensive’ network infrastructure project in Africa | Africa’s largest fibre company, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, this week announced that it was partnering with Facebook to build an “extensive” fibre network – over 2,000 kilometres (or 1,243 miles) long – on the continent.
The network wi... |
| 06.07.2021 | MaxAB Series A funding, Facebook’s fibre in DRC, Nigeria’s #TwitterBan losses? | Share this article:
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| 24.06.2021 | Fintech builds its boom on the back of partnerships | Fintechs have become big business in Africa, and partnerships are offering new opportunities for banks and other corporates to extend their reach. But these collaborations are no silver bullet
Africa’s latest tech unicorn, Flutterwave has t... |
| 17.03.2021 | Liquid Telecom unveils its new name, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, as it evolves into a fully integrated Technology Group | As it extends to a combined technology community, Liquid Telecom unveils its new identity – Liquid Intelligent Technologies.
Liquid Intelligent Technologies (www.LiquidTelecom.com), a pan-African technology company, announced today the comp... |
| 12.12.2018 | Liquid Telecom Receives $180m Investment from CDC Group Plc | Liquid Telecom has announced that it has reached an agreement with CDC Group Plc, the UK’s development finance institution, to invest $180m with the company.
The investment will enable Liquid Telecom to expand its high-speed broadband conne... |
| 26.09.2014 | Liquid Telecom Announces $34m Investment In Rwanda | As part of its ambitious $200 million Africa expansion plans, Liquid Telecom has announced a bold $34 million investment in East Africa’s most competitive economy, Rwanda.
This was revealed by Sam Nkusi, CEO of Liquid Telecom Rwanda, who ha... |
| - | Liquid Telecom unveils its new name, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, as it evolves into a fully integrated Technology Group | As it extends to a combined technology community, Liquid Telecom unveils its new identity – Liquid Intelligent Technologies.
Liquid Intelligent Technologies (www.LiquidTelecom.com), a pan-African technology company, announced today the comp... |
| - | Liquid Telecom Announces $400 million Investment in Egypt’s Telecom Sector | Liquid Telecoms will be investing $400 million in Telecom Egypt for the next three years, the leading pan-African group announced this during the signing ceremony at the Africa 2018 Forum.
The agreement is part of a major partnership with T... |
| - | CDC Group Invests $180 million for an 8% Stake in Liquid Telecom | Liquid Telecom has confirmed that it has completed last year’s $180 million sale of 8% stake to the British government’s Sovereign Wealth Fund for developing countries known as Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC). This transaction wi... |
