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SOUTH AFRICA
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company , the UAE ’ s flagship satellite solutions provider , welcomed a high-level delegation from the Government of South Africa , led by His Excellency Deputy President Paul Mashatile , to discuss closer cooperation in the satellite communications sector . The delegation consisted of senior government ministers , heads of several departments and Brainwave Projects SA , the public sector service partner for Yahclick , Yahsat ’ s satellite broadband solutions provider in South Africa .
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EGYPT
Orange Business has signed an agreement with EdgeConn , the Egypt-based private Prime Cloud-Computing and Managed Services Provider to the local market , for a direct private connection to AWS Cloud services using AWS Direct Connect . This agreement will support EdgeConn in establishing the AWS Outposts in Egypt . Orange Business will provide endto-end , fully managed services including hardware , design , implementation and operation .
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ANGOLA
IBM announced that availability of its software portfolio is expanding globally to 92 countries in AWS Marketplace , a digital catalogue with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors , which make it easy to find , test , buy , and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services . This includes Angola , Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Chad , Egypt , Ethiopia , Gabon , Kenya , Madagascar , Malawi , Morocco , Rwanda , Seychelles , Sierra Leone , South Africa , Tanzania , Tunisia and Uganda . improvement in latency .
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DJIBOUTI
PAIX Data Centres announced a strategic joint venture with the Djibouti Sovereign Fund to construct a state-of-the-art cloud and carrier-neutral data centre in Djibouti . The joint venture brings together industry expertise and local knowledge to deliver world-class data centre services . The new facility will serve as a strategic interconnection hub for Internet service providers , cloud providers , financial institutions , and enterprises seeking reliable and scalable infrastructure to support their digital initiatives .
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KENYA
CMC Networks has launched its CMC Marketplace platform to simplify on-demand connectivity pricing , automation and service procurement across Africa and the Middle East . It is the largest connectivity marketplace in the wholesale market for businesses operating in , or looking to enter these regions , with firm access pricing at over 10 million locations across 60 countries . CMC Marketplace is an on-demand service catalogue that provides businesses with automated pricing and procurement for a wide range of network services .
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