SEACOM’s Internship and Mentorship Program Bridges Education and Industry
May 16, 2025
SEACOM, through its Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programme, is working on practical steps to bridge the gap between the classroom and the workplace. It is currently working with universities across multiple counties in Kenya and…
SEACOM Appoints Mandisa Ntloko-Petersen as CMO, Charl Slabbert as CFO
April 4, 2025
SEACOM has announced the appointment of two senior executives to bolster its leadership team. Effective 1 April 2025, Mandisa Ntloko-Petersen joins as the new Group Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), while Charl Slabbert assumes the Group…
SEACOM Partners with Q-KON to Improve LEO Satellite Connectivity in Africa
March 7, 2025
SEACOM has announced its latest partnership with Q-KON, a satellite engineering enterprise for Sub-Saharan Africa. This collaboration will enhance the SEACOM low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity services, which have been offered in South Africa since…
SEACOM, Forefront and Cloudflare Partner to Enhance Cybersecurity Resilience Across Africa
November 22, 2024
SEACOM and Forefront have announced a partnership with Cloudflare that aims to enhance cybersecurity resilience across Africa by providing Cloudflare’s industry-leading security services to businesses across the continent who are looking to modernise their infrastructure. …
SEACOM awarded Carrier Wholesales Provider of the Year at Africa Digital Economy Awards 2024
September 16, 2024
SEACOM has been honoured with the award for Carrier Wholesales Provider of the Year at the 9th annual African Digital Economy Awards (ADEA). The awards ceremony was held on 13 September at the Ole Sereni…
SEACOM Experiences Service Outage On its Mombasa to Egypt Cable
February 26, 2024
Summary SEACOM has faced a significant service outage on its subsea cable system. The disruption, which occurred on the 24th of February 2024, affects the segment running from Mombasa, Kenya, to Zafarana, Egypt. Initial assessments…
Turning up the dial: Embracing high-bandwidth connectivity in Kenya
June 22, 2023
By Patrick Ndegwa, SEACOM Business Sales Lead for SEACOM East Africa In the 1990s, stories of 45 megabyte-per-second Internet connections were something to be in awe of. It’s safe to say that network bandwidth has…
Kenya’s startup ecosystem is set for growth in 2023 and beyond
May 11, 2023
by Patrick Ndegwa, SEACOM Business Sales Lead for SEACOM East Africa Kenya is a hub for entrepreneurship and startup development in East Africa, with a growing ecosystem of innovative businesses and supportive infrastructure. According to…
Interview with Tejpal Bedi, Managing Director at SEACOM East Africa
April 4, 2023
SEACOM is an undersea cable company that has been providing connectivity to East Africa since 2009. Initially, SEACOM focused on wholesale business, providing connectivity from the undersea cable to end-user enterprises, as well as satellite…