SA sitting on IoT business, jobs gold mine

As the Internet of Things (IoT) gains traction, South Africa is sitting on a gold mine of opportunities for business and job creation across the IoT ecosystem. This is according to Mark O’ Donoghue, chief sales and marketing officer at Link Africa, who says IoT data transmission is not only where the money lies in […]

Link Africa ups market share after fibre deals

Fibre-optic infrastructure company Link Africa says it has increased its market share in the fibre-to-the-tower (FTTT) and fibre-to-the-business (FTTB) segments since selling off part of its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) business to MetroFibre. In April 2021, open-access fibre network provider MetroFibre acquired the FTTH network and infrastructure of Link Africa in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), as part […]

Former Facebook exec joins Link Africa as CEO

Independent fibre network operator (FNO) Link Africa has named Imran Abbas as its incoming chief executive officer, with effect from 1 December. In a statement, the FNO says Abbas will take over from Craig Carthy, who is moving on to new endeavours. “We would like to wish Craig all the best with his new endeavour,” […]

Imran Abbas named as new Link Africa CEO

Link Africa (Pty) Ltd, South Africa’s largest independent fibre network operator, has named Imran Abbas as its incoming chief executive officer, with effect from 1 December, 2022. He will take over the reins from Craig Carthy, who is moving on to new endeavours. At the same time we would like to wish Craig all the […]

Link Africa sells FTTH assets to Vumatel

As one of South Africa’s leading fibre optic network operators, Link Africa has recently experienced an unprecedented and substantial demand for fibre to the business (FTTb) connections whilst continuing to steadily grow the fibre to the home (FTTh) network. This has resulted in Link Africa’s resources being stretched between FTTb and FTTh demands. Link Africa […]

Link Africa’s Aggressive FTTH Roll-out & Stronger Key Partnerships

Link Africa is a leader in building and operating open access fibre networks with thousands of kilometres already deployed in metropolitan areas throughout South Africa. Link Africa has a fibre footprint in all of the major cities including Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The company is one of South Africa’s fastest growing providers of cost-effective, […]

High Speed Fibre: No longer a ‘metropolitan privilege’

Link Africa Open Access fibre is now live in outlying districts of the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Link Africa is currently rolling out open access fibre in the smaller districts nationally; allowing suburbanites within more remote areas to finally have access to, what once was, a somewhat ‘metropolitan privilege’. Local inhabitants residing in the […]

Link Africa: Newcastle Businesses invited to the party.

Newcastle had been added to Link Africa’s existing Fibre to the Business (FTTB) network. With a strong fibre footprint within all the major cities in South Africa, including: Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg and Durban, Newcastle has now officially been invited to the ‘party’. Businesses within Newcastle now have the exciting opportunity to order a […]

Link Africa: Belief in Youth

Link Africa, a leading Fibre provider, has recently appointed young leaders to drive their brand, nationally. With a strong sense of ‘Belief in Youth’, Link Africa aims to magnify their presence by placing strategic leadership roles in the hands of the ‘younger generation’. Kavern Cullen, previous Key Account Manager at Link Africa, has been awarded the position ‘Head […]