Focus: Africa

Nigcomsat is making a new effort to promote satellite communications across Nigeria, one of Africa’s biggest markets, with a population of around 220 million people. It has announced plans for ‘Nigerian Satellite Week’ which will run from October 16 to 19. This event aims to highlight the importance of satellite technology in driving innovation, connectivity,...

Amini has unveiled details of a key new product launch as it looks to bring the power of satellite tech to its customers, mainly farmers across Africa. It is launching Amini Lite, a lightweight version of the Amini Platform designed to make critical geospatial datapoints on Africa and the Global South quickly and easily accessible...

Vodafone is expanding its work with Intelsat to bring on-the-move satellite communication to organizations operating in hard-to-reach areas or disaster zones. Vodafone and Intelsat announced Monday that Vodafone is adding Intelsat’s Flex portfolio to its satellite connectivity product range. This includes communications-on-the-move (COTM) with a vehicle-mounted antenna, and communications-on-the-pause (COTP) with a compact satellite terminal....

Globalstar signed a strategic partnership with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to deliver 5G connectivity solutions across Africa, the Middle East, and the Gulf.  The partnership announced Wednesday will provide Liquid with exclusive rights to sell and distribute Globalstar’s XCOM RAN private networks 5G access solution in the Gulf, Middle East, and Africa regions. The companies highlighted...

Azercosmos has signed a new partnership deal with the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB) deepening its reach into Africa. Under this long-term agreement, the Botswana government agency will utilize data services provided via the Azerspace-1 telecommunication satellite. The two organizations announced the deal, August 8. This marks the inaugural provision of satellite data services...

EnduroSat has signed a landmark deal in Africa which will see it help to build Botswana’s first-ever satellite. EnduroSat will work with The Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) to build BOTSAT-1, the country’s first satellite. EnduroSat announced the deal, July 3. BOTSAT-1 will directly benefit local agriculture and mining industries by using...

Yahsat has signed an MoU for a multi-year deal to leverage capacity on Eutelsat Group‘s Konnect satellite across multiple African and Middle East nations. Under the deal announced Wednesday, Yahsat will have exclusive rights to Konnect capacity over Ethiopia, one of the fastest-growing African markets. Yahsat said this deal will support the growth of its...

Avanti Communications is launching LEO satellite connectivity services in South Africa. It is partnering with Q-KON, a satellite engineering enterprise for southern Africa, to deliver Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity from Eutelsat OneWeb. Avanti announced the launch of these services, May 13. The deal bolsters Avanti’s multi-orbit solution and means the company can now offer a...

Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) has deployed the company’s first base station in Nigeria that has connectivity via SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, AMN announced last week.   AMN has deployed over 4,000 base stations for cellular backhaul via satellite across Africa and Latin America since 2018. Last year, the company signed a commercial agreement to use the Starlink...

Omnispace is collaborating with African mobile network operator MTN to explore using S-band for satellite services in MTN’s portfolio of wireless service. The companies announced the agreement on Tuesday and plan to look at integrating MTN’s terrestrial mobile networks with the Omnispace non-terrestrial (NTN) network to serve consumer mobile and enterprise IoT services.  MTN is...