3+ hour, 31+ min ago  (428+ words) Home > News > ZANOG and NAPAfrica deploy a community cache cluster in Cape Town A new community-run cache and compute cluster has gone live at Teraco's CT2 data centre in Cape Town, South Africa, as part of a push to keep more…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (130+ words) Home > Events > News > Word Camp Masaka 2026 set for 4 July in Uganda Word Camp Masaka 2026 sits in a steady East African Word Press cadence that, on the continent, traces back to Word Camp Cape Town in 2011 and the more recent Word…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (184+ words) Home > Africa > Tech Convergence 3. 0 returns to Abuja on 2 June The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (Ni RA) has opened registration for Tech Convergence 3. 0, the registry's annual industry forum, scheduled for 2 June 2026 at Abuja Continental Hotel. The third edition runs under the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (786+ words) tech. africa Inside Meta's African network When AF-CIX, the Lagos-based internet exchange operated by Germany's DE-CIX, confirmed on 5 May that Meta's main network had gone live on its platform, the on-message takeaway was a single new exchange peering. The fuller…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (277+ words) Home > News > ICASA opens satellite spectrum rules for public comment The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) published draft amendments on 15 May 2026 to the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations, 2015 and the Radio Frequency Spectrum Fees Regulations, 2010. Written representations are due…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (191+ words) Home > News > Cameroon's Bleag Lee wins $1 M Milken-Motsepe AI prize A Cameroon-based AI startup that turns plastic, agricultural and electronic waste into engineered polymers and 3 D-printing filaments has taken the $1 million top prize at the 2026 Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize. Bleag Lee…...

2+ week, 6+ day 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…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (151+ words) Home > News > Huawei launches F5 G-A optical products for Africa in Cairo F5 G-A product line includes quantum key distribution, smart substations, i FTTO campus solution and fibre-sensing for conveyor inspection, unveiled at the Global Optical Summit in Cairo Huawei has placed…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (203+ words) Home > News > Pleias, GSMA release Common Lingua for 61 African languages The model operates directly on UTF-8 byte sequences rather than relying on a language-specific tokeniser. That allows consistent handling across Latin, Arabic, Ethiopic, N'Ko and Tifinagh scripts. The African coverage…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (290+ words) Home > South Africa > Africa Tech Festival 2026 opens CTICC registration Africa Tech Festival, the continent's longest-running technology event, has opened registration for its 29th edition, scheduled to return to the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 16 to 19 November 2026. The event is organised…...