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AXESS, Wazima, Comitas empower Global Health in Africa

AXESS Networks, a global leader of satellite communications solutions provider, Wazima Health, Africa’s Integrated e-Health Telemedicine and Health management UK company and COMITAS e-Health, a Spanish Telemedicine Service Provider, hereby announce their joint partnership. The collaboration brings together the expertise and resources of three of the most innovative companies in this field. By leveraging the […]

March 28, 2023

Prime Video’s first African original movie debuts in April

Prime Video’s first African original movie, Gangs of Lagos, will launch on the streaming platform on April 7th. Gangs of Lagos is a high-stakes, hard-hitting action crime-thriller, with an authentic storyline centred on a group of childhood friends who each have to navigate destiny, growing up on the bustling streets and neighbourhood of Isale Eko, […]

March 24, 2023By Nik Roseveare

RT pulled from African transmissions

Broadcasts of RT, the former Russia Today, have been pulled over Africa. While the channel went dark on South Africa’s DStv pay-TV bouquet in March last year, there were still transmissions on StarSat and StarTimes for many African countries. These have now ended with SES blacking out the channel. SES in the past has said […]

February 27, 2023By Chris Forrester

Netflix cuts price in 30 countires

Netflix has cut its monthly subscription fees for a number countries in parts of Asia, Europe, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. The streaming giant announced that, for example, the mobile planin  sub-Saharan Africa will now cost around $3, and the Premium plan coming in at just under $10. The new prices will […]

February 23, 2023

Nolly Africa HD on Local Now, TheGrio

International pay-TV operator and UK based broadcaster, African Movie Channel, has launched its FAST channel, Nolly Africa HD on US based platforms, Local Now and TheGrio, in a new partnership with Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group (AMG). Nolly Africa HD is a 24-hour Nollywood channel showing curated Nollywood movies, series, talk shows and other unscripted content, […]

February 16, 2023

Starlink signs up Norwegian Cruise Line

SpaceX has added Norwegian Cruise Line to its roster of commercial clients for its Starlink broadband service. Norwegian Breakaway and Oceania Riviera have already been equipped with broadband dishes and contracts have been signed for the rest of the company’s fleet. Reports suggest that all its vessels will be equipped by the end of this […]

February 1, 2023By Chris Forrester

African Space Agency created

Under the overall umbrella of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Egyptian government, the African Space Agency has been created. Its HQ is within the grounds of Egypt Space City outside Cairo. A special ceremony was held with Egypt’s Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research on January 25th to formally inaugurate and declare […]

February 1, 2023

Ivanhoe Mines, SES extend partnership

The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in The Democratic Republic of Congo will continue to enjoy high-speed satellite-based connectivity services as part of a new agreement between Ivanhoe Mines and SES. The enhanced partnership builds on a successful five-year relationship between SES and Ivanhoe Mines and comes at a time of significant investment in low-latency, high-capacity solutions […]

January 23, 2023

Intelsat pursues Africa’s unconnected

Intelsat is making a concerted commitment to enhancing day-to-day network quality and helping African communications service providers (CSPs) deliver secure and affordable connectivity across the continent. “Satellite communications providers (CSPs) have historically rushed to the rescue in the aftermath of a natural or manmade calamity that rendered a local terrestrial network unavailable. Today, Intelsat is […]

January 19, 2023By Chris Forrester

Avanti: “Africa will be majority revenue source”

Kyle Whitehill, CEO at London-based speciality satellite operator Avanti Communications, sees Africa becoming the company’s majority revenue source within two-to-three years. Avanti operates Ka-band services over Africa and the wider region. Whitehill, speaking to Space in Africa, said that the company’s African revenues amount to about 35 per cent of the total, and Africa as […]

January 13, 2023By Chris Forrester