News@Cisco: Africa Press Releases

Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Government of Kenya and USAID Launch Project to Enable 21st Century Education in Kenya

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:30:00 PST

NEW YORK CITY, September 23, 2009 – Today at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, Cisco, Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., the government of Kenya and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a joint commitment to improve education in Kenya. Launched in collaboration with Kenya's Ministry of Education, the Accelerating 21st Century Education (ACE) project aims ...

Cisco Embarks on Heightened Support for Small Businesses in Nigeria

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:00:00 PST

LAGOS, Nigeria, August 26, 2009 - Cisco today announced a heightened program of support for small businesses throughout Nigeria. Through this initiative Cisco aims to help small businesses in Nigeria gain greater agility and efficiency in working with customers who are increasingly expecting to do business on the move, on the Internet and via video. The program will launch, during the week ...

Kenyan Government Opens First Pilot Pasha Centre in Kangundo

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:00:00 PST

KANGUNDO, Kenya, August 4, 2009 - Kenya's permanent secretary for the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Dr. Bitange Ndemo, officiated, last week at the opening of the first Pilot Pasha Centre in Kangundo, Kenya. This initiative falls under the Kenya ICT Board's Digital Villages Project (DVP) also known as "Pasha Centres" (pasha means 'to inform' in Swahili). The ...

Seacom Goes Live

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:00:00 PST

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – July 23, 2009 – SEACOM today announced that its 1,28 Terabytes per second (Tb/s), 17,000 kilometres, submarine fibre optic cable system linking south and east Africa to global networks via India and Europe has been completed and commissioned. Backhauls linking Johannesburg, Nairobi and Kampala with the coastal landing stations have been established ...

Cisco Announces Major Collaborative Initiatives with Moroccan Government at Cisco Expo Morocco 2009

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:00:00 PST

SHIKRAT, Morocco, July 07 2009 - Cisco today announced two major collaborative initiatives with the Moroccan government: the launch of the Cisco® Networking Academy® program in Morocco and Cisco's appointment as strategic technology advisor to the Moroccan government. A ceremony to mark the collaboration, held at Cisco Expo Morocco 2009, was attended by Ms Latifa El ...

Cisco Announces International Contact Center Cooperation With Xceed and ITIDA in Egypt

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PST

CAIRO, Egypt, June 11, 2009 - Egypt's minister of communication and information technology, Dr. Tarek Kamel, joined executives from Cisco, Xceed and the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) to formally inaugurate an international contact center for Cisco® customer service and support. The new contact center is already serving Cisco's customers in ...

Cisco Networking Academy in Kenya Marks Fourth Year of Success in East African Region

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 23, 2009 - The fourth annual Cisco® Networking Academy® instructors' East African event, held on 14 April, hosted Kenya's permanent secretary for the Ministry of Higher Education, Science & Technology, Professor Crispus Kiamba, at the Kenyatta University Mombasa campus. The event also celebrated the ministry's formal commitment to incorporate the Networking Academy ...

Suburban Executives Become the First to Experience the Efficiencies of Cisco TelePresence Meeting Solution in Nigeria

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:00:00 PST

LAGOS, Nigeria, March 23, 2009 - Senior executives from Suburban, West Africa's leading Internet Protocol (IP) backbone technology and services provider, became the first in Nigeria to experience the immersive, in-person experience of Cisco TelePresence® when they recently conducted a virtual, face-to-face meeting with Cisco's Cisco Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Chambers. ...

Etisal International Deploys Cisco Solutions for Accelerated Business Growth

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:00:00 PST

CAIRO, Egypt, March 11, 2009 - Etisal International, a leading contact center service provider in Egypt, has been experiencing rapid business growth since its recent deployment of a Cisco® Unified Contact Center Solution. The move to a single converged Internet Protocol (IP)-based infrastructure enables the same team to manage both data and voice traffic. Additional benefits delivered by the ...

Cisco Celebrates 10 Years in Egypt at Expo 2009

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:00:00 PST

CAIRO, Egypt, January 27, 2009 - Cisco hosted Expo Egypt 2009, its largest expo in the North Africa Levant (NAL) region to date, on 14 and 15 January 2009 in Cairo. The event celebrated the 10th anniversary of Cisco in Egypt, and brought together more than 900 top business delegates to discuss new technology trends and share best practices designed to promote the success of businesses in Egypt. ...

First Cohort from Cisco's Global Talent Acceleration Program in South Africa Graduate With Flying Colors

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:00:00 PST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, December 10, 2008 - Cisco furthered its goal to develop homegrown technical skills with the investiture last week of the first graduates of its South African Global Talent Acceleration Program (GTAP) in Johannesburg. This marks the first major delivery milestone in Cisco's recently announced investment into South Africa under the National Industrial Participation ...

Cisco Study Reveals Potential for, and Barriers to, Successful Internet Adoption in Emerging Markets

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:00:00 PST

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - November 20, 2008 A new study, sponsored by Cisco and conducted by Illuminas Global, reveals that citizens in developing economies are well aware of the potential of the Internet and expect to use online services far more than they currently do. In urban centers within emerging markets, the lack of skills, paucity of services and reliance on shared-access PCs, ...

Cisco Launches Networking Academy Training Centre in Kenya

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:00 PST

NAIROBI, Kenya, September 16, 2008 - Cisco today announced that the African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI) in Nairobi, Kenya, is to become the second Cisco® Academy Training Center (ATC) in Africa serving the East African region. AFRALTI, a centre of excellence for telecommunications training for English-speaking countries in Africa, is already an accredited regional ...

Cisco Invests R215m in South African Economy

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:00:00 PST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 15, 2008 - Cisco today announced a R215m (USD 27m) investment in the Cisco Innovation Hub Technology Centre (CIHTC) in Pretoria. The centre, which will be become the home of ICT initiatives including an InnovationLab, a Global Talent Acquisition Programme, the Cisco Netversity, an Entrepreneur Institute and a Software Development Programme, is expected to ...

Kenyatta University to Offer Cisco Networking Academy

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 17, 2008 - Cisco today announced that Kenyatta University has established a Cisco® Networking Academy in East Africa, bringing the total number of educational establishments offering Cisco courses and certifications in Kenya to twenty-four. Through this strategic collaboration with the Networking Academy, Kenyatta University has embarked on a rapid expansion strategy ...

Cisco Selects South Africa as Launch Pad for Global Talent Acceleration Program in Emerging Africa

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:00:00 PST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 17, 2008 - Furthering its goal to develop homegrown technical skills through education initiatives, Cisco® has announced the launch of its Global Talent Acceleration Program (GTAP) facility in Johannesburg, South Africa. Part of an ongoing investment in the region, GTAP is a long-term Cisco initiative aimed at developing local next-generation local network ...