Algeria Telecom has reportedly kicked off an online survey asking Algerians to identify areas that are not yet connected by fibre in preparation for planned FTTH rollouts next year.

The Namibian government has set out ambitious plans to rapidly improve connectivity services as part of its strategy to stimulate economic growth.

The government of Burkina Faso has announced plans to roll out 800 telecom towers in 2025 to facilitate network coverage in ‘white zones’ – areas with no network coverage.

Operators Maroc Telecom and Inwi have asked Morocco’s telecom regulator to approve a shared infrastructure plan first proposed earlier this year.

Turkish technology and communications company Turkcell has secured US$150 million in Murabaha financing from Dubai Islamic Bank, a prominent bank in the Gulf region.

Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) has announced its collaboration with BELLA II, a research and education-focused project that will link the country regionally and with Europe via a high-capacity fibre-optic network.

The African smartphone market recorded its eighth consecutive quarter of growth, with shipments rising 6% year-on-year in Q1 2025 to reach 19.4 million units.

Japanese Open RAN solutions provider Rakuten Symphony said on Monday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zain Kuwait to collaborate on a pilot project to deploy cloud-native 5G Open RAN sites in Kuwait.

Kenya’s National Treasury is widely reported to be preparing to sell part of its 35% stake in leading operator Safaricom.

Veon announced on Friday it has secured all regulatory approvals for its deal with Pakistan's largest conglomerate Engro to pool and manage their respective telecoms infrastructure assets in Pakistan.

Meta has announced it is partnering with Brazilian neutral network, digital infrastructure and data centre group V.tal to establish a new cable landing point for Meta’s Malbec subsea cable in Porto Alegre.

IHS Nigeria, a subsidiary of the IHS Towers group, announced on Thursday it has formed a strategic partnership with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to increase protection of critical telecoms infrastructure across Nigeria.

The long-running story of service quality issues in Cameroon rumbles on with news that the country’s Telecommunications Regulatory Board (ART) has initiated a new restricted tender for an audit of Cameroon's national fibre optic network.

e& UAE announced on Tuesday it has launched what it claims is the first commercial 5G network slicing product in the MENA region for business customers on its standalone 5G network.

IHS Towers, one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count, says it has agreed to sell 100% of its IHS Rwanda Limited business, including its approximately 1,465 sites, to tower platform Paradigm Tower Ventures.

Africa Data Centres, which owns and operates Africa's largest network of interconnected, carrier and cloud-neutral data centre facilities, has announced the successful deployment at its CPT1 facility in Cape Town, South Africa of a self-cooling rack by business development consulting firm Gold Synergy.

UAE-based satellite firm Space42 said on Monday that its high altitude platform stations (HAPS) subsidiary Mira Aerospace has opened a HAPS manufacturing facility in Abu Dhabi, making it the first such facility in the MENA region.

Nokia announced on Monday that South African ICT solutions provider Reflex will deploy its Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) solution to modernize and scale its network to enable faster onboarding of ISPs.

Kenyan operator Safaricom has recently launched a campaign called Maisha Poa Ni Digital (Life Is Cool Digital), aiming to accelerate digital inclusion across Kenya, specifically by encouraging Kenyans to switch from 2G phones to affordable 4G smartphones.

Sri Lankan telco Dialog Axiata announced on Monday it will invest another US$100 million in its digital infrastructure, increasing its total cumulative investment in the country to more than US$3.37 billion.

UAE-based tech group G42 will lead a consortium of US companies to build a new 5GW AI data centre campus in Abu Dhabi as part of an agreement by the US and UAE governments to build and invest in AI infrastructure in the UAE and globally.

Operators MTN Uganda and Airtel Uganda and digital infrastructure company ATC Uganda, alongside regulator the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), have launched a nationwide anti-vandalism campaign aimed at safeguarding the country’s telecom infrastructure.

Mexico’s proposed new telecommunications law has been modified after controversy about one of its provisions which, critics have suggested, could enable censorship on digital platforms.

Brazilian investment firm Patria Investimentos has announced the launch of Omnia, a hyperscale data centre platform that will invest about US$1 billion in its first project in the next 18 to 24 months.

Multi-service operator Orange Middle East and Africa (OMEA) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a private sector-led development aid institution and member of the World Bank Group, have signed a partnership to sustainably strengthen digital access in eight African countries.

There have been two recent announcements in Ethiopia involving the country’s main operators and digital offerings tailored to the needs of the transport sector.

Vodafone Idea has reportedly filed a fresh appeal seeking a reduction in its massive adjusted gross revenue (AGR) liabilities, warning that it may be unable to continue operations beyond the current financial year without securing additional loans.

Bharti Airtel has unveiled a free fraud detection service that uses artificial intelligence to detect and block malicious websites accessed through apps, email, and messaging platforms.

The GSMA has urged governments worldwide to reduce spectrum prices, warning that high fees are choking the telecoms industry and threatening long-term economic development.

Saudi Arabia-based Arabsat and Canada-based satellite operator Telesat announced on Wednesday they have signed a term sheet under which Arabsat will lease multi-gigabit capacity from Telesat’s planned Lightspeed LEO satellite constellation.