Vodafone plans to double its country coverage in Africa with two new hubs to support corporate customers in the continent.The telecoms giant said these services would assist corporate customers that were hitherto "daunted" by the challenge of setting up operations in the continent.Vodafone has announced that its Vodafone Global Enterprise (VGE) business unit, which provides communications services for large multinational customers, will open two new regional hubs in Kenya and Ghana, expanding on its existing enterprise hubs in South Africa and Egypt. The FTSE 100 group said it was establishing the hubs in Nairobi and Accra to meet the needs of multinational customers in east and west Africa. There are more than 600 VGE multinational customers with operations in Africa, currently served by enterprise customer service operations in Cairo and Johannesburg which provide 24/7 services in 13 languages. Vodafone added that its network of partners enabled it to provide services to businesses in more than 50 African countries.Stevan Hoyle, VGE's President of Asia-Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa, said: "Many global companies expanding their presence in Africa are daunted by the challenge of setting up operations in different countries, each with their own infrastructure and communications challenges. "Companies are looking for expert help in minimising the cost and complexity of their communications across Africa and beyond. "There is growing interest in our ability to offer a single management contract governing multiple territories, taking away much of the worry for large corporate customers looking to manage their communications in a fast-growing but demanding environment." Last month, Vodafone deployed its portable mobile phone network in the largest refugee camp in South Sudan, allowing aid workers to help 70,000 refugees to contact relatives for free and providing infant education programmes.Shares in Vodafone were up 0.1% at 194p at 11:15 on Friday.OH