SEACOM, Africa’s leading telecommunications and managed services provider, today announced that Alpheus Mangale, is joining SEACOM as incoming Group Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 April 2023.

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Convergence Partners has announced the acquisition of a strategic stake in 42Markets Group, an incubator, investor and builder of high-growth specialist businesses in the financial and capital markets sector.

SEACOM, has unveiled a mega-regional expansion strategy for Uganda and East Africa as a way of easing internet access, speed and affordability.

Convergence Partners, the leading private equity investor dedicated to the technology sector across sub-Saharan Africa, is proud to announce the successful closing of its Convergence Partners Digital Infrastructure Fund (CPDIF) at $296 million, surpassing its initial target by over 18%.

We kicked off the month of November with our first Collaborate Africa Conference, in Cape Town which saw Convergence Partners Portfolio Companies come together to share insights, discuss trends and practically enhance collaboration.

‍SEACOM and BT today announced a strategic alliance which will help SEACOM further secure its own infrastructure and deliver new networking, security and communications solutions to enterprise customers in Africa.  

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a leading global Edge solutions provider, has today announced an agreement with Enea AB to licence the Enea Edge Intellectual Property (IP) through a perpetual software development licence.

inq., a Convergence Partners company, has received Competition Commission approval without conditions to acquire Syrex, a provider of hyperconverged cloud technology solutions in South Africa.

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Rack Centre, an Actis majority owned data centre and the leading carrier-neutral Tier III data centre in West Africa, has become the first International Finance Corporation (IFC) EDGE certified data centre in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

The Managing Director, inq.Digital Nigeria, Mr. Valentine Chime, has called for more participation of girls in Information and Communications Technology programmes in order to close the gender gap.

inq., a Convergence Partner’s company, is set to acquire Syrex, a provider of hyperconverged cloud technology solutions in South Africa. The strategic acquisition bolsters an already robust business offering from Syrex to provide innovative, reliable, and industry-leading solutions to the South African market.

Seacom has agreed to buy two businesses from JSE-listed EOH Holdings, Network Solutions (EOH-NS) and Hymax, for R144.9-million.

SEACOM has announced the new appointment of Tejpal Bedi to the role of Managing Director (MD) and Regional Head of Sales for the ENEA region, effective from 1 November 2021.

Headquartered in Mauritius and owned by Convergence Partners, inq started life as a telecoms company in Africa and has since moved into the cloud and digital services arena. It currently has a presence in Johannesburg, Gaborone, Lusaka, Blantyre, Lilongwe, Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Abidjan, among others.

Seacom, the company that built the first subsea fibre telecommunications cable to serve Africa’s east coast, has acquired the metropolitan fibre network of Kenya’s Hirani Telecom.

Seacom, a fibre-led telecoms provider and owner of ICT infrastructure across Africa, has announced a 100Gbps upgrade for its internet protocol (IP) network.

Fintech specialist e4 has launched a Girls in STEM programme to provide girls in underprivileged areas with the support they need to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) post matric

Cloud and digital service provider, inq.Digital, has been adjudged Emerging Smart Solutions Enabler Company of the Year and Enterprise Broadband Services Provider of the Year at the 12th edition of Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Awards held at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos.

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Convergence Partners, a private equity investor focused on the technology sector across sub-Saharan Africa, announced the successful first close of its third fund, the Convergence Partners Digital Infrastructure Fund (CPDIF) at US$120 million.

Actis, the global sustainable infrastructure investor, and Convergence Partners have appointed Jasper Lankhorst as the CEO of the group’s pan-African data centre platform.

Andile Ngcaba – a South African tech entrepreneur and founder of Convergence Partners – moved to Silicon Valley in California, United States, few people paid attention.

Pan-African cloud-based digital service provider inq. has announced that they are now a strategic managed security services partner of Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearchand the Elastic Stack.

Rack Centre, West Africa's leading Tier III Constructed Facility Certified carrier neutral data centre, has achieved the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, QMS certification ensuring its commitment to the highest levels of governance and quality management in its delivery of quality data centre colocation services.

Convergence Partners is pleased to announce that it has acquired an additional $5 million interest in CVAS, a leading fintech provider of mobile financial services across sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.

inq. Digital Nigeria Limited, received Telecom Business of the Year and best Unified Communications Provider of the Year in the recently concluded Nigeria Information Technology & Telecom Awards powered by Instinct Wave UK, in partnership with Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON).

Local technology pioneer Andile Ngcaba, and futurist and virtual reality expert Cathy Hackl are among the more than 40 international speakers set to headline the 2020 edition of the SingularityU SA Summit.

Pan-African cloud-based digital service provider inq. has selected Enea NFV Access as the virtualization and management software for the inq. universal CPE platform.

Rimidi, a cloud-based software platform that enables personalized management of health conditions across populations, today announced a new strategic partnership with LifeQ, a leading provider of biometrics and health information derived from wearable devices.

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South African Customer Experience and Journey Analytics SaaS provider, inQuba has been selected by Endeavour, the New York-based organisation supporting high-impact entrepreneurs around the globe

Development Partners International (“DPI”), a leading pan-African focused private equity firm, is pleased to announce an investment into Channel VAS, the leading fintech provider of mobile financial and airtime credit services operating in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Pan-African undersea cable operator Seacom has lit up a 1TB fibre line connecting Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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Comsol has deepened its impact into the underserved community of Tembisa, forming a partnership with The Love Trust and other parties, as the Nokuphila School goes from strength to strength and expands into a brand new pre-school and teacher training academy.

Snapt launches alpha for Project Nova: a revolutionary cloud-native ADC solution for DevOps and ITOps designed for microservices, containers and hyperscale architectures

Vodacom Group sells its enterprise focused operations in three markets to Synergy Communications

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Seacom limited to initiate a feasibility study of the market potential for fibre services in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania

The Presidency has announced the list of those appointed to serve on the Presidential Commission on the fourth industrial revolution (4IR).

SEACOM, the pan-African internet and connectivity service provider, will now offer direct connections from its East African network directly to public cloud networks and data centres in South Africa

Wireless infrastructure provider Comsol Networks believes it is positioned to be a key player in the forthcoming 5G era and plans commercial 5G trials this year, with national commercial deployments earmarked for next year.

Seacom said it will offer direct connections from its East Africa network to public cloud networks and data centres in South Africa

Pan-African communications provider SEACOM today formally announced the completion of the 100% acquisition of FibreCo Telecommunications.

SEACOM has appointed Mr. Tonny Tugee to be the company’s Managing Director of the Eastern North and East Africa region

ADC innovator to expand US presence, worldwide channel program, and research and development initiatives

Seacom said on Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to buy 100% of national open-access fibre provider FibreCo for an undisclosed sum