The world’s largest Africa-focused technology and telecommunications event turns 25 this year and is set to return to Cape Town, South Africa in November after a 2-year digital hiatus. Africa Tech Festival, home of AfricaCom, will welcome exhibitors, delegates, and policy makers from all over the world from 7 – 11 November 2022, to continue shaping the continent’s digital transformation and progress.
Anokiwave, Inc. announced the appointment of Ryan Jennings as Vice-President of SATCOM and Systems. In this role, Jennings will be responsible for growing the SATCOM customer base as well as defining and leading the architecture for our future SATCOM products.
General Hyten Joins Blue Origin as Executive Director of Club for the Future and Strategic Advisor
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Blue Origin today announced that General John Hyten (Ret.) will serve as executive director for its foundation, Club for the Future, and as a strategic advisor to senior leadership.
Kacific Completes Milestone Deployment of over 2,500 sites in Five months for BAKTI in Indonesia
More...Kacific Broadband Satellites Group, along with local partners Indonesia (BIGNET) and PT Primacom Interbuana (PRIMACOM), has completed the deployment of over 2,500 sites, in a record five-month timeframe, to provide satellite internet access to government infrastructure in remote areas of Indonesia. This project is led by the nation’s Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency BAKTI using funds from the Universal Service Obligation.
The spaceflight industry planted a new flag in Belgium today as ST Engineering iDirect announced that it will be manufacturing components used in flight systems for spacecraft to European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) standards at its Manufacturing Competence Center (MCC) in Erpe-Mere, Belgium.
Comtech today reported results for the third quarter ended April 30, 2022. Consolidated net sales were US$ 122.1 million, up 1.4% sequentially from Q2 2022 and Adjusted EBITDA of US$ 11.2 million, a 14.3% sequential increase.

