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SEACOM acquires Africell Uganda assets to continue expanding its East African footprint
infrastructure will allow for further expansion into East Africa , enabling SEACOM to provide seamless integration of its services for clients across Uganda , Kenya , and Tanzania .
“ East Africa has been an important market for SEACOM ever since we first arrived on the shores of Mombasa in 2009 ,” explained Tejpal Bedi , Managing Director and Regional Head of Sales , SEACOM ENEA . “ By officially establishing ourselves in Uganda through proprietary facilities and resources , we are prioritising widespread connectivity and opening up opportunities to work with businesses in search of quality Internet services .”
SEACOM , a pan-African telecommunications service provider , has announced it will acquire selected infrastructure assets from Africell in Uganda . The acquisition marks a significant step for SEACOM and is a testament to the company ’ s commitment to providing , competitive end-to-end connectivity and ICT solutions across the region . In addition , the acquisition of established
The latest expansion comes on the heels of SEACOM ’ s recent acquisition of Kenyan service provider Hirani Telecom ’ s metro fibre network . SEACOM is poised to take over a comprehensive portfolio of infrastructure essential for connecting enterprise customers . This includes 760 kilometres of fibre within the Ugandan capital city of Kampala and surrounding towns , a 250 square metre data centre , and office space for SEACOM representatives and staff members .
“ The acquisition goes hand in hand with our five-year strategy into expanding operations in the region ,” Bedi said . “ As such , we are very excited about having a greater local presence .”
Valentine or swindler ? Kaspersky reminds how to use dating services securely
Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky has revealed that its recent survey devoted to using dating apps during the pandemic , showed fraud is an increasing problem for those who use such platforms in Kenya . Almost 29 % of them faced fraud attempts last year . Almost three quarter ( 72 %) of them said the fraudster tried to get money allegedly for the arrival from a remote area , 63 % allegedly because of a difficult life situation . Some Kenyan users encountered blackmail attempts . Thus , 25 % said the fraudster threatened to leak or to publish intimate photos . in Kenya faced fraud attempts more often since 2020 when the world knew about COVID-19 . We all need to follow basic security rules to protect our privacy . Yes , there is still a dilemma , we would like to get to know new people and trust them but in the digital world we often do not know who is there , on the other side of the screen .”
Opil added : “ We highly recommend not to share detailed information especially bank card details and selfie with documents , not to give the dating app access to your contacts and accounts in social networks . It is interesting that 9 % create fake accounts for the same reason – they consider it a good security measure .”
A significant part of respondents talked about phishing attempts : 41 % said that the fraudster tried to get personal data , for example asked to register on a particular website .
Bethwel Opil , Enterprise Sales Manager for Kaspersky in Africa , said : “ Our survey shows that 56 % of users of dating services
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