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West Africa Peering Forum 2026 set for Cotonou, Benin

3+ hour, 26+ min ago  (255+ words) Home > Events > West Africa Peering Forum 2026 set for Cotonou, Benin West Africa's main peering forum returns to Cotonou this June, IXP Nigeria (IXPN) said in a public call for participation. The West Africa Peering Forum (WAPF) 2026 runs 17-18 June 2026 in the…...

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tech. africa > ispa-30-years-iweek-2026

ISPA marks 30 years as i Week 2026 opens in Pretoria

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (244+ words) Home > News > ISPA marks 30 years as i Week 2026 opens in Pretoria South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) turns 30 this week, with the anniversary marked at i Week 2026, the country's longest-running internet industry gathering, which opened in Pretoria on Tuesday....

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tech. africa > jinx-equinix-jn1-isando

JINX expands to Equinix JN1 in Johannesburg

2+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (294+ words) Home > News > INX-ZA expands Johannesburg Internet Exchange to Equinix JN1 South Africa's oldest Internet Exchange Point (IXP) operator has added a fourth peering location in Johannesburg, extending the JINX platform into Equinix's Isando data centre. INX-ZA, the community-run organisation that has…...

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tech. africa > iphone-17e-south-africa

i Phone 17e pre-order South Africa: price, trade-in, i Store

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (313+ words) Home > News > i Phone 17e available to pre-order in South Africa from R14, 599 Apple has launched i Phone 17e, its most affordable i Phone 17 model, with pre-orders now open and availability from 11 March. In South Africa, i Store is offering the handset from…...

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tech. africa > africloud-cloud-platform

AFRICLOUD adds storage, networking, and API to cloud platform

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (343+ words) Home > Business > AFRICLOUD expands platform with storage, networking, and developer API AFRICLOUD, the cloud infrastructure provider operating out of Lisbon, Portugal, and Johannesburg, South Africa, has expanded its platform beyond virtual private servers with a suite of storage, networking, and…...

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tech. africa > zamani-telecom-hayo-a2p-sms-niger

Zamani Telecom partners with Hayo for A2 P SMS in Niger

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (290+ words) Home > News > Zamani Telecom selects Hayo for A2 P SMS monetisation and fraud prevention in Niger Zamani Telecom, formerly Orange Niger, has appointed Hayo as its exclusive partner for application-to-person (A2 P) SMS monetisation and SMS firewall deployment. The partnership will see Hayo…...

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tech. africa > africa-data-centres-power-market

How Data Centres Are Reshaping Africa's Power Market

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (374+ words) Africa's expanding data centre sector is placing growing pressure on the continent's electricity infrastructure, according to the African Energy Chamber's State of African Energy 2026 Outlook. Global demand for uninterruptible power supply for IT equipment alone is forecast to reach 249 GW…...