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Google switches on its first Africa cloud region
By Craig Hale published
Johannesburg, South Africa, is home to Google’s first cloud region in the entire continent.
Internet access restricted in 20 African nations during elections since 2015
By Chiara Castro published
Breaking VPN service Surfshark is monitoring the situation to "build international pressure." Here's, what internet users can do to outsmart restrictions.
Google is setting up its first African cloud region
By Will McCurdy published
Google Cloud set to expand its African footprint, though it lags behind other large cloud providers.
Africa's biggest supermarket hit by ransomware attacks
By Sead Fadilpašić published
Hundreds of gigabytes of data stolen by RansomHouse group.
Google lands its new subsea cable in Africa
By Anthony Spadafora published
The Equiano subsea cable has made landfall in Togo though it will extend all the way from Portugal to South Africa once complete.
New subsea cable among $1bn Google investment in Africa
By Anthony Spadafora published
Google has revealed its plans to land a new subsea cable that will connect Africa to Europe.
Facebook’s new undersea web cable will almost triple Africa’s internet capacity
By Joel Khalili published
2Africa project will deliver much-needed internet capacity, redundancy and reliability to the region.
Netflix announces 'Made in Africa' collection
By Leila Stein published
Netflix is celebrating Africa Month by highlighting series, films and documentaries made on the continent.
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