ITWeb TV: Making AI inclusive for Africa | Episode #137
Google South Africa country director Kabelo Makwane details the internet giant's strategy for inclusive connectivity access and AI, the rise of YouTube content engagement in SA, appetite for the Africa-based cloud region and how Google aims to help local users create commercially-viable innovations.
ITWeb TV: Data centre neutrality key to Africa’s digital growth | Episode 118
In this episode of ITWeb TV, Samuel Mungadze, ITWeb Africa editor, speaks to Prenesh Padayachee, group chief digital infrastructure officer at Seacom, about Africa’s hyperscale economy and connectivity.
The new Umoja fibre-optic subsea cable will help increase the reliability of internet connectivity in Africa, says Google.
Having been first on the continent to go live with high-capacity subsea cable in 2009, Seacom marks its 15th corporate anniversary.
The 2Africa subsea cable is expected to bring a new era of internet connectivity to South Africa, bolstering economic growth and job creation.
After a short sabbatical, Colwyn van Rensburg has returned to the Paratus Group as chief development officer.
Equiano has landing points in Lisbon, Benin, Nigeria, St Helena, Namibia and South Africa.
The company increases its subsea cable network capacity by 500Gbps to reach 1.5Tbps.
Scheduled routine maintenance on its subsea cable system in the Red Sea could cause higher latency for South African Internet users.