Undersea Cable Internet Restored in East Africa After Outages

2024-05-17 10:18 PM by Tyler Fields

By Sylvia Duruson, Tech In AfricaMay 17, 2024 Telecommunications companies in Kenya and Uganda recently experienced widespread internet outages after two submarine cables connecting South Africa and Kenya were damaged. The cables, owned by Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy) and Seacom, suffered faults that disrupted network services for several days. On May 16th, 2024, Safaricom, …

Telkom, Jamii, Zuku beat Safaricom on fixed internet speeds

2024-04-26 12:33 AM by Tyler Fields

Telkom, Jamii Telecommunications Limited (JTL)-owned Faiba and Wananchi Group-owned Zuku networks recorded the best download and upload speeds on their fixed internet offerings over the 12 months to March 2024, beating market leader Safaricom. A new report by French network-testing firm nPerf shows that Telkom’s fixed internet hit an average of 33.04 megabits per second …