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- 21 Apr 2022
Google's Equiano Subsea Cable Lands in Nigeria
Google and cable landing partner WIOCC on Thursday announced the landing in Lagos, Nigeria, of the state-of-the-art Equiano subsea cable, which will become a critical element in meeting Nigeria’s…
- 29 Mar 2022
Liquid Lands Capacity of Subsea Cable Equiano in Nigeria, South Africa
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced it has acquired a fibre pair on the Equiano subsea cable, allowing Liquid to transport traffic up to 12 Terabits,…
- 24 Mar 2022
Google's Undersea Cable Equiano Berths in Togo
Google’s undersea cable Equiano has arrived in Togo, and will run from Lisbon in Portugal to Cape Town in South Africa along the African coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Google expects internet…
- 23 Jan 2025
MainOne Boosts Connectivity for West African Businesses with Equiano Cable
MainOne, a leading provider of connectivity and data center services for businesses in West Africa, is excited to announce an additional layer of service to its customer through the Equiano submarine…
- 24 Apr 2022
Cable Equiano: Pantami, Danbatta Pledge Enabling Policy Environment for Wider Connectivity
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, and Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), have promised…
- 14 Apr 2022
NCC, Google Collaborate to Drive Nigeria’s Digital Transformation
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Google Global Services Nigeria have expressed determination to work together toward advancing the actualisation of auspicious national targets for…
- 5 Oct 2022
How Google is Delivering on its $1B Commitment to Africa
Google on Wednesday announced its intent to establish a new Google Cloud region in South Africa – its first on the continent. The news, which came at the second Google for Africa event, is the latest…
- 18 Sept 2025
Google Expands Digital Infrastructure with Four New Subsea Cable Hubs and $9m AI Fund for Africa
Google has announced a new set of investments in Africa, reaffirming its nearly two-decade commitment to the continent's digital transformation. The latest commitments focus on empowering Africa's…
- 26 Mar 2024
Cable Cut:–WIOCC Restores 2.5 Terabytes of Capacity, 100 Links
WIOCC, leading player in the deployment of carrier-scale, future-proofed network infrastructure into Africa, has said that as at Monday, it has been able to bring up over two and a half terabytes of…
- 23 May 2024
Google Announces Umoja, First Ever Fiber Optic Cable Connecting Africa to Australia
Google says it plans to build a new fibre optic cable, named Umoja, to connect Africa to Australia. According to a statement on Thursday, Umoja will be the first ever fibre optic route to directly…
- 4 Nov 2024
Africa’s AI Transformation: Unlocking Potential and Driving Progress
By Matt Brittin, President of Google Europe, the Middle East and Africa AI has the potential to drive progress and prosperity across the world. But nowhere is this more apparent than on the African…
- 19 Mar 2025
Google Cloud Launches First African Cloud Region, Driving Digital Transformation
Google Cloud has marked a historic milestone with the launch of its first African cloud region in Johannesburg, South Africa. This initiative is part of Google’s $1 billion investment to accelerate…
- 27 Mar 2025
Nigeria's $1 Trillion Economy Vision Hinges on Digital Backbone
Industry leaders at a summit on the implementation of Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) framework in Nigeria have established a direct link between Nigeria’s $1 trillion economy…
- 28 Nov 2025
Google.org Announces N3bn Fund to Boost AI Skills, Digital Safety in Nigeria
Google, through its philanthropic arm Google.org, has announced a N3 billion (US$2.1 million) commitment to Nigeria to accelerate digital transformation by building advanced Artificial Intelligence…
- 24 Apr 2026
How Nigerians Are Secretly Using AI to Master Creative Skills Fast
Google has revealed new insights showing that Nigerians are increasingly leveraging Search and artificial intelligence tools to develop creative skills and explore artistic pursuits in 2026. Google…
- 6 Oct 2021
Google to Invest $1Bn to Support Digital Transformation in Africa
Google has announced plan to invest $1billion over 5 years to support Africa’s digital transformation. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet The investment focuses on enabling fast, affordable…
- 20 May 2026
Nigeria gets AI-ready Lagos data centre
Kasi Cloud Datacentres has launched an AI-ready hyperscale data centre in Lagos, marking a significant step in Nigeria’s digital infrastructure expansion and cloud localisation ambitions. The company…
- 11 Jul 2022
Togo Closer to Full Digital Modernisation with New e-Visa Platform ‘Togo VOYAGE’
The Togolese Republic has announced the completion and re-launch of its electronic visa issuance system (e-Visa), Togo VOYAGE. The fully-digitized website marks an important milestone in the…
- 17 Aug 2022
Sterling Bank Partners Farafina to Premiere Anthology of Nigerian Literature
Sterling Bank Plc has collaborated with Farafina Books, Nigeria’s leading independent literary publishers, to launch a premier anthology of the best of Nigerian writings spanning 200 years, from 1789…
- 20 Apr 2023
Rack Centre Expands Frontiers with Construction of New 12MW IT Load Data Centre in Lagos, Nigeria
Rack Centre, the best-connected Tier III Carrier and Cloud-neutral data centre in West Africa is expanding its existing footprint and constructing a 12MW IT data centre at the Ikeja area of Lagos,…
- 21 Sept 2023
Danbatta Highlights Achievements Says Broadband Penetration on Fast-tract
The national target to achieve 70 per cent broadband penetration by 2025 is receiving renewed attention from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which promises 50 per cent before the end of…
- 5 Oct 2023
Danbatta Extols Role of Data Centres in a Digital Economy
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has identified Data Centre services as critical in a digitalized economy. He stated this in his keynote speech…
- 22 Oct 2023
Beyond Limits Africa Launches DICE
Beyond Limits, in partnership with key stakeholders in the tech, business, and creative ecosystem, proudly announces the forthcoming D.I.C.E (Digital Innovation & Creative Excellence) mixer…
- 17 Nov 2023
Meta to Land 2 Submarine Cables in Nigeria
Meta is set to deploy two submarine cables, with landings scheduled in Lagos and Akwa Ibom by the end of November, according to Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director-general, National Information…
- 18 Mar 2024
WIOCC’s Strategic Role in Addressing Subsea Cable Outages
WIOCC, Africa’s digital backbone, is leading the continent’s response to the cable cuts currently affecting the WACS, ACE, Main One and SAT3 subsea systems on Africa’s western seaboard. WIOCC’s…