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LIQUID Telecom has launched the fastest direct land-based fibre link connecting East to West Africa.

This breakthrough coast-to-coast digital corridor follows the completion of Liquid Telecom’s new high-capacity fibre link running 2 600km across the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This expansion connects millions of DRC citizens and thousands of businesses to Liquid Telecom’s “One Africa” broadband network linking the African continent to the rest of the world.

This will help to create a foundation for social mobility, economic diversification and private sector-led growth both in the DRC and more widely across Africa.

It also underscores the company’s commitment to bring high-speed connectivity to every African on the continent.

“Liquid Telecom has connected East to West Africa with the most direct digital corridor across the southern hemisphere.”

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS acting chair Thandeka Mgoduso has confirmed that the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and the South African Cabin Crew Association issued the national carrier with a strike notice yesterday morning.

Mgoduso was appearing before parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

SAA announced on Monday that it is embarking on a restructuring process which may affect 944 jobs — almost a fifth of its employees. In response, Numsa and SACCA warned that their members are preparing for “the mother of all strikes at SAA”.

Yestarday, SAA briefed SCOPA on the reasons why it failed to submit its 2018-19 annual report and financial statements, as required by the Public Finance Management Act. The delegation told SCOPA that they were prevented from tabling the report as there are reservations whether the airline can be presented as a going concern. — Fin24.