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Wed, May 8th 2013, 10:39 · Richard Cutcher

SEACOM adds Epsilon operators in partnership

Global network exchange Epsilon Telecommunications has signed an agreement with provider SEACOM so it can offer its services to Africa. → Read more
Tue, April 23rd 2013, 09:56 · Richard Cutcher

SEACOM completes repairs

SEACOM has completed repairs of its cables in the Mediterranean which were damaged last month, restoring full connection between Europe and Africa. → Read more
Tue, April 16th 2013, 08:32 · Tom Jackson

Cable cut fixed by next week – SEACOM

SEACOM has announced the damage its Mediterranean cables sustained at the end of last month is expected to be fixed by early next week. → Read more
Thu, April 4th 2013, 13:57 · Tom Jackson

Q&A: SEACOM CEO Mark Simpson

HumanIPO caught up with Mark Simpson, chief executive officer (CEO) of submarine fibre-optic cable carrier SEACOM, to talk fibre, cloud and the impact of cable cuts. → Read more
Thu, April 4th 2013, 06:40 · Tom Jackson

Fibre only option for high capacity customers – SEACOM CEO

Fibre optic cables remain crucial to Africa due to their ability to serve high capacity demand more cost effectively than satellite connections, according to SEACOM chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Simpson. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd 2013, 10:16 · Tom Jackson

SEACOM to conduct full post-mortem after cable cuts

SEACOM has confirmed it will conduct a full post-mortem after two cable cuts in consecutive weeks caused disruption to customers’ service. → Read more
Wed, March 27th 2013, 12:06 · Gabriella Mulligan

Seacom suffers new cable cut

Seacom has admitted a further cable cut occurred today, shortly after the company announced a return to full services after repairing cable cuts which halted services last week. → Read more
Tue, March 26th 2013, 09:54 · Richard Cutcher

Africa’s Seacom connection restored

Undersea cable giant Seacom has said services have been restored to Africa after a cable cut between Egypt and Europe, with connection for the majority of customers should return to “normal”. → Read more
Tue, March 26th 2013, 07:12 · Richard Cutcher

SA’s MWEB receives extra capacity during Seacom outage

South African internet service provider MWEB has apologised to its customers for the disruption caused by the Seacom cable cut and is using Facebook to keep them updated. → Read more
Mon, March 25th 2013, 09:15 · Kamau Mbote

Seacom congestion persists as repairs continue following cable cut

Seacom users continue to experience congestion following a cut of the cable in the Mediterranean Sea with the company saying work to restore transmission to customers was ongoing. → Read more
Fri, March 22nd 2013, 10:32 · Richard Cutcher

Egypt delay contributes to ZAR30 million Seacom loss

Seacom, the privately owned cable company helping to bring broadband to Africa, made a ZAR30 million (US$3.2 million) loss during the six months ending December 2012. → Read more
Mon, March 11th 2013, 14:46 · Tom Jackson

SEACOM announces network upgrade

SEACOM is to upgrade its submarine network on the Southern and Eastern African coastlines in order to meet growing capacity demands and enable affordable internet access in East Africa. → Read more
Fri, February 15th 2013, 10:44 · Richard Cutcher

SEACOM cable restored after fire

Egyptian engineers moved quickly to repair fire damage to the Seacom undersea broadband cable yesterday, which led to South African Internet provider MWeb complaining of link failure. → Read more
Thu, February 14th 2013, 15:34 · Tom Jackson

Seacom link fails for MWeb, poor international connectivity

MWeb has reported its customer have been experiencing poor international connectivity due to a Seacom link failure, meaning it is not currently running at full capacity. → Read more
Fri, August 17th 2012, 07:01 · HumanIPO

SEACOM cable links research networks across southern Africa

The national research networks based in southern Africa will benefit from high-speed Internet, after Zambia was linked up to South Africa last month, through a SEACOM submarine cable that passed through Zimbabwe. → Read more
Tue, October 28th 2014, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Liquid Telecom announces UGX 2 billion investment in pan-Ugandan internet infrastructure

IP provider Liquid Telecom today announced UGX 2 bn of investment in its Ugandan subsidiary Infocom, to extend its pan African fibre cable infrastructure across Kampala’s Central Business District and to multiple rural towns across Uganda, including Mukono, Jinja, Masaka, and Mbarara. → Read more
Mon, May 19th 2014, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Pamoja to host cloud platform in Nairobi

SEACOM’s value added services (VAS) business Pamoja is to host its cloud platform at Liquid Telecom’s East Africa Data Centre in Nairobi, a move designed to assist the rollout of cloud services in the country and the wider East African market. → Read more
Tue, April 1st 2014, 09:00 · Tom Jackson

African internet “broken” by ship anchor, tech giants scramble to help

The vast majority of African countries are set to be without internet connectivity indefinitely after a ship ferrying agricultural goods from Kenya to Nigeria damaged submarine fibre optic cables landing on the continent. → Read more
Tue, March 4th 2014, 17:40 · Gabriella Mulligan

AccessKenya appoints Senanu deputy CEO

Kenyan internet and IT solutions provider AccessKenya Group has announced Kris Senanu has been appointed deputy chief executive officer (CEO), in addition to his role as managing director (MD) of the group’s internet division. → Read more
Sat, December 28th 2013, 08:00 · HumanIPO

African Tech Flop of the Year

In an ever growing and innovative industry such as technology, there is little room for errors, and the sector is unforgiving. The HumanIPO team picks its biggest red face moments. → Read more