SEACOM Board Seeks Successor as CEO Oliver Fortuin Steps Down
March 9, 2023
SEACOM has announced that its Group Chief Executive Officer, Oliver Fortuin, has resigned from his position. Fortuin will continue to serve in his role until June this year and will support the SEACOM board during…
The hybrid workplace: Rethinking security in the new world of work
February 10, 2023
By Tejpal Bedi, Managing Director at SEACOM East Africa The hybrid workplace model has become a defining aspect of the modern business landscape. This new way of working has opened the door to organisational transformation….
SEACOM acquires Africell Uganda Assets to Help With Expansion in East Africa
February 11, 2022
SEACOM has announced it will acquire selected infrastructure assets from Africell in Uganda. The acquisition marks a significant step for SEACOM and is a testament to the company’s commitment to providing, competitive end-to-end connectivity and ICT…
Updated: SEACOM Outage Affecting Some Internet Service Providers in Kenya
October 23, 2019
This post has been updated to include an official statement from SEACOM announcing that the issue has been resolved. Update “SEACOM is up and running following a service-affecting outage on the SEACOM Subsea Cable System…
ICT To Drive Kenya’s 2022 GDP Growth Ambition
February 23, 2019
Internet service provider SEACOM, Kenya Association of Manufactures (KAM) and British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya, say that cutting-edge digital tools will play a key role in the advancement of the manufacturing sector, creation of jobs…
SEACOM upgrades its Subsea Cable System to 1.5Tbps
June 5, 2018
SEACOM has upgraded its key submarine network system from its Southern and Eastern African coastline landings into Europe at a total capacity of 1.5Tbps. The current upgrade is adding 500G of new capacity on the…
Microsoft Announces Partnership with SEACOM To Make Cloud Services Reliable For Businesses
May 23, 2018
When you start talking about the Cloud, not everyone understands or is even interested. Over the past few years, more and more businesses have been embracing the cloud but it is still a foreign word…