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Guinea has advanced its digital transformation agenda with the signing of a contract for the construction and maintenance of a second submarine fiber-optic cable, a strategic move designed to increase the country’s connectivity capacity and strengthen digital infrastructure. The Medusa subsea cable system is set to be extended, with GUILAB SA serving as the landing […]

Madagascar’s political transition is entering a critical new phase. The Independent Electoral Commission has unveiled a timeline for key votes, with a constitutional referendum set for June 2027 and presidential elections to follow in October.

RC Lens midfielder Mamadou Sangaré has been voted the top African player in the French Ligue 1 football league, becoming the first Malian player to win the Marc-Vivien Foé prize, awarded by French broadcasters RFI and France 24.

Gloria Bash is a young, multi-talented artist, known for her music and social engagement. In her latest EP 'Zoshi', she celebrates her city, Goma, and continues to demand peace.

SoftBank launches battery business to power up AI data centres To launch a battery facility specifically for data centres by 2027, SoftBank said it plans to convert a former Sharp LCD facility in Sakai, Osaka into a large-scale battery manufacturing facility. The batteries will power SoftBank’s AI data centres, in line with its strategy to secure its own power supply chain as “SoftBank plans to deploy these Japan-produced batteries at the large-scale AI data centres it is developing. SoftBank also plans to provide them sequentially for grid applications in Japan, as well as for factories and other industrial uses, as well as for residential use, with a view to expanding into global markets o

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EXA Infrastructure: Built for what comes next Spend time with EXA Infrastructure’s leadership and a clear picture emerges. This is not the same company it was two years ago. The estate is larger, the routes more numerous, the subsea capability deeper. Some of that change is the result of sustained capital investment in its own infrastructure. Some of it is the January 2026 completion of its acquisition of Aqua Comms. Together, they amount to something more significant than the sum of the parts, a fully owned, end-to-end network running from North America through Ireland and the UK into mainland Europe, operated under a single platform and a single set of standards. Aqua Comms brings a portfo

The Foschini Group (TFG) shares traded as much as 14% lower on Monday morning as a weak trading update for the year ended 31 March rattled investors. Shares traded below the R60 level for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic lows reached in 2020. TFG said on Friday after the market closed that while it will deliver sales growth of 7.1% for the full year, headline earnings per share would decline by between 30% and 40% from the 1 015.6 cents reported in FY25. It had previously, in March, warned that profits would decline by more than 20%, but this saw a muted reaction from the market. The 7.1% growth in turnover looks strong