SMART CITIES
04 July 2024
Smart cities are changing the way we live. From ‘greenscaping’ major urban centres with sustainable initiatives, to enhancing citizen safety, smart cities have a lot to offer…
Smart cities are big business. As per Statista, African smart city revenues are expected to expand at 16.28% annually over 2024-2028 to reach US$19.71 billion. During the same period, the number of smart city connections is forecast to more than double, from 231.40 million in 2024 to 543.10 million in 2028.
Africa’s smart cities integrate a wide array of technologies and data-driven solutions to enhance the quality of life for its residents, improve efficiency, sustainability, and economic development. Relying on robust ICT infrastructure, data analytics of traffic patterns, energy consumption, air quality and waste management enable city planners to prioritise sustainability by targeting green buildings and eco-friendly practices.
04 June 2024
The March subsea cable outage was huge news across the globe – but how big an impact did it have on consumers, and what lessons were learned by operators?
On 14 March, four subsea cable systems – WACS, MainOne, SAT-3, and ACE - suffered significant damage from a major subsea landslide off Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, significantly impacting upon communications across the African continent. Countries including Liberia, Benin, Ghana, Burkina Faso, the Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Niger, Namibia, South Africa, and Lesotho, were all affected.
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utilities
03 June 2024
Africa’s utilities providers are going smart with wireless technologies, enhancing reliability and cutting costs with a combination of terrestrial and satellite connectivity…
When we talk about connecting Africa, we’re usually focusing on consumers – enhancing internet adoption, enabling new services like OTT, mobile money, telemedicine, mobile retail, and so on. However, enterprises, too, stand to gain hugely through the provision of wireless connectivity, from e-governance projects through to one of Africa’s most challenging critical services – utilities.
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04 April 2024
5G has long been touted as a key tool to levelling up connectivity on the continent, but is it all it’s cracked up to be?
The digital divide remains a huge issue across Africa, with 74% of the continent’s population remaining unconnected to the internet, according to the GSMA.
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