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Internet giant and Facebook owner Meta is planning to buy carbon credits in Latin America. But what does this mean? And will it really help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

African cloud services provider ST Digital has announced its expansion into the Democratic Republic of Congo through a partnership with the Open Access Data Centres (OADC) Texaf – Kinshasa data centre, the Democratic Republic of Congo's first live open-access, carrier-neutral and Uptime Institute Tier-III certified data centre.

Nokia has announced a strategic partnership with iSAT Africa to enhance rural connectivity in Liberia.

Indonesian digital telecommunications company Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, through its subsidiary, data communication, internet, and IT services group Lintasarta, has partnered with professional services company Accenture in a strategic collaboration to accelerate its sovereign AI cloud platform, aimed at propelling AI-driven digital transformation in Indonesia.

Aramco Digital Company and Groq, a major name in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) inference, have announced a partnership to establish the world's largest inferencing data centre in Saudi Arabia. But it's far from the only recent AI news from the digital and technology subsidiary of Aramco, the giant global integrated energy and chemicals company.

IHS Nigeria, a subsidiary of the IHS Towers group, announced on Monday it has formed a strategic partnership with Jaza Energy to deploy solar power hubs at 250 towers in underserved communities across Nigeria.

Global satellite player Intelsat has revealed a new satellite terminal strategy that it claims will make it the first satellite player to offer global multi-orbit solutions for all relevant verticals by the first half of 2025.

A reminder that in large parts of Africa internet connectivity is not always guaranteed comes from PalmPay, a financial platform with over 30 million users on its smartphone app in Nigeria. PalmPay has announced the launch of its USSD code, a service that offers Nigerians an additional way to manage their finances without the need for internet connectivity.

Miescor Infrastructure Development Corporation (MIDC) merged with Phil-Tower Consortium (Phil-Tower) in a move to stay competitive against Frontier Tower Associates in the Philippines.

Chinese LEO satellite contender GalaxySpace has signed a deal with Hong Kong carrier PCCW Global to expand its market reach overseas by integrating its LEOsat connectivity with PCCW’s worldwide network.

Philippines telco PLDT, its wireless unit Smart Communications and the government’s Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) said on Friday they are spearheading a public-private project to protect telecoms infrastructure.

Telkom Indonesia’s subsidiary Metra Digital Media (MDMedia), which focuses on digital communications and advertising, has launched a ‘programmatic advertising’ platform that it says leverages telco data to deliver more targeted digital ads.

Data Infrastructure Trust (DIT) sealed the acquisition of American Tower-owned ATC India for INR210 billion (US$2.5 billion), making it the largest towerco in the nation, surpassing rival Indus Towers.

Ericsson announced on Thursday it is starting a new venture with at least a dozen big-name telcos to combine and sell network APIs, with the aim of making it easier for ecosystem players to access and monetise APIs on a global scale.

State-owned telco Uzbektelecom, which operates as Uztelecom, announced on Thursday that it has launched its non-standalone (NSA) 5G network in all regional centres of Uzbekistan, and has teased plans to move ahead with 5G-Advanced technology soon.

Italian company Sparkle, an international telecoms service provider, has signed an agreement with Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Indian service provider Bharti Airtel, for additional capacity on a diversified low-latency route between Asia and Europe.

The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and Scala Data Centers, a leading Latin American platform of sustainable data centres in the hyperscale market, have signed a letter of intent to enable the construction of what they call the largest and most innovative digital infrastructure project in South America.

Cassava Technologies’ African tech business Liquid Intelligent Technologies announced on Wednesday it has upgraded its 1,300-km fibre route in Kenya that connects the coastal city of Mombasa to Busia on the Ugandan border.

The Bangladesh Private Cable System (BPCS) consortium is ready to start work on building the country’s first privately-owned subsea cable, according to subsea cable consulting and project management company Pioneer Consulting, who is advising the project.

Querétaro, strategically located in central Mexico, has low susceptibility to earthquakes and is near to Mexico City. These attributes, along with local government incentives, have attracted data centre operators, bringing investment to the area. But data centres need water – and this requirement is adding to pressure on local water supplies that are already suffering due to drought.

Argentina’s telecoms regulator Enacom has approved extra financing to finish a project undertaken by Argentinian state-owned telecommunications company Arsat to increase the capacity of its fibre optic network.

Orange Business announced the completion of a connectivity project with healthcare company Grifols Egypt to improve the supply and delivery of medicine.

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) says that Mastercard has partnered with its fintech subsidiary U Microfinance Bank (UBank) to issue a new physical and virtual debit card for its mobile financial services platform UPaisa.

Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), Ericsson and Malaysian autonomous vehicle solutions developer eMooVit Technology staged a demo showcasing 5G use cases for an autonomous electric bus that’s being tested for a planned trial later this year.

Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), a state corporation that transports, stores and delivers petroleum products to consumers, but that also has a network infrastructure license, says it has onboarded a leading Tier III internet service provider (ISP), Syokinet Solutions, to activate 1.6 terabits per second (Tbps) data capacity on KPC’s fibre optic cable which runs from Mombasa to Nairobi.

Vodafone Qatar has signed what is described as a landmark five-year partnership agreement with Microsoft, which, it says, will see the transformation of its network and customer service operations through the deployment of cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure and the suite of artificial intelligence services known as Microsoft Azure OpenAI.

Semiconductor growth in India continues apace, with a number of deals announced in the past few days.

A regular newsmaker in the energy and sustainability news stories on this site is Clear Blue Technologies, and this week the smart power specialist has announced the execution of a Notice of Award agreement with Growth Energy, a company which specialises in the development, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and operation and maintenance (O&M) of clean energy power plants in Africa.

Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) said on Monday that it has connected more than 100 rural base stations in Nigeria to Starlink’s LEO satellite network, which has resulted in a 45% boost in traffic on those sites.

Philippine telco network PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications said on Monday they have expanding their partnership with renewable energy producer First Gen to switch six network facilities in Mindanao to 100% renewable energy.

In a rather unusual turn of events, a Kenyan lobby group has apparently filed a lawsuit against operator Safaricom, along with regulator the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), and Kenya’s Competition Authority, demanding that they allow satellite operator Starlink access to the Kenyan market.