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South African-headquartered technology services group Dimension Data has upped in presence in West Africa by opening an office in Ghana. The group has been operating in the West African market for the past decade, with an operation in Nigeria, it said. In addition

Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions has invested in the region of R60m in advanced new fibre-optic networking infrastructure from Infinera that has increased its capacity nationwide seven-fold, with the ability to grow that by 150-fold without “forklifting” hardware

Dimension Data division Internet Solutions has bought 12-year-old online media streaming service Antfarm for an undisclosed sum. Launched in 2002, Antfarm provides streaming services live or on demand to the public and to corporate and government customers. Internet Solutions connectivity and

South African-headquartered global technology services group Dimension Data is acquiring “certain subsidiaries” of European multinational communications technology group NextiraOne for an undisclosed sum. The deal is being done in two parts. The first part of the transaction involves

Business Connexion has overtaken long-time incumbent Dimension Data to become the top IT company in South Africa as measured by its share of the market’s value, according to new research by International Data Corp. BCX’s performance is due to strong annuity-based

High-level talks between Naspers and Dimension Data, which could lead to the merger of the groups’ MWeb and Internet Solutions (IS) businesses, are probably being driven by a need by IS to become more of a full-service telecommunications

Five years after media giant Naspers put MWeb up for auction unsuccessfully, corporate action involving the Internet service provider may again be looming. According to a well-placed industry source, Dimension Data and Naspers have been engaged in talks about merging MWeb and Dimension Data

Convergence Partners, the investment management firm controlled by Dimension Data Middle East and Africa chairman Andile Ngcaba, has raised US$145m (about R1,5bn) in the “first close” of a new sub-Saharan Africa-focused communications infrastructure fund

Telecommunications regulator Icasa’s new draft regulations on local-loop unbundling are “too vague” and “too broad” to be implementable, Dimension Data division Internet Solutions has warned in a submission on the proposed regulations. IS says that the only way to

It could take six months to conclude exclusive discussions between Vodacom and Neotel, Neotel CEO Sunil Joshi said on Wednesday. In September, Vodacom announced that it had entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Neotel, ending months of speculation that the two sides were