1 March 2022: A new government, a new technology and science ministry, and a renewed pledge to grow business from within Zambia are quickly promoting business confidence. After a few sluggishly unproductive years, when economic uncertainty prevailed, corporate Zambia is now busy fuelling the country’s future prosperity and has replaced its former caution with a solid commitment to expansion and growth. This coincides with the new government’s focus on supporting economic growth through digital transformation. Testimony of this is that, in the last quarter of 2021, Paratus Zambia witnessed a boom in connectivity sales and an unprecedented level of interest in its new Data Center facilities.
“Businesses are increasingly realising that, to compete and do business at the leading edge, they must have excellent data security, back-up, and hosting supported by quality connectivity”, explains Marius van Vuuren, Country Manager of Paratus Zambia. “Without investing in these elements, they will not be part of the digital transformation needed to do business in the world today.
“We are also being urged to build Zambia from within and this automatically invokes a great sense of national pride and presents us with a very welcome challenge to see how we can support business growth. We are closely aligned with government’s technology and science vision, and we had the foresight to build the necessary infrastructure to take Zambia into a digitally transformed new way of working. Our Data Center and connectivity services can support any business, large or small, in future-proofing their plans and their prosperity. As businesses get ready to catch the wave, we can provide the best surfboard, with a safety cord on board.”
Paratus Zambia’s brand-new data center (DC) in Lusaka, Zambia provides carrier neutral data management solutions including reliable, cost-efficient virtual and physical hosting solutions, together with a highly sophisticated range of digital and aligned services. The DC was established by Paratus Zambia to complement its corporate internet service offering that has been developed by the company over the past decade. It is on target and on point to help Zambian businesses to perform at a new and unlimited level. Van Vuuren adds: “Businesses today need unrivalled business grade connectivity and data center solutions. Our DC is not just another data center in the cloud because, unlike international options, customers have the benefits of being close to their data, which in turn equals lower latency to critical services. It means they can also engage, face to face, with highly trained technical staff whenever they need to. Effectively, our service offering to Zambian businesses is a giant ‘on’ button for their future success.”
For more information about the new state-of-the-art Zambia DC and Paratus Zambia’s quality network services, please visit the Facebook page, contact the Paratus sales team on 0260 211 262 698, or email info.zm@paratus.africa.
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About Paratus Zambia
Paratus Zambia is part of the Paratus Group, a pan-African network operator. Paratus Zambia provides quality communications and hosting services to the Zambian corporate sector and has invested in building its own network, which extends to all major industrial and commercial centers throughout the country and many additional international ‘points-of-presence’ (PoPs) across the African continent and beyond. Paratus Zambia not only offers sophisticated and unrivalled integrated network services, which are backed by personalised 24/7 service but also boasts the largest roll-out of SD-WAN in Zambia to date and owns the second largest microwave connection network in the country. All of this is complemented by its Tier 3 Data Center, which is the most modern facility in Zambia.
Based in Lusaka, Paratus Zambia thinks big and believes passionately in the potential of Africa. The company is investing in infrastructure and in delivering unlimited reliable and affordable connectivity which, in turn, will help unlock Africa’s potential.
About Paratus
Paratus is Africa’s quality network. With an eye on the future, the group is investing in infrastructure and establishing itself as a key player in delivering integrated network services across Africa. Paratus is managed by a passionate and professional operational team in six African countries – Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia – and the business’s extended network provides a satellite connectivity-focused service in 28 African countries to a magnitude of customer satellite connections across Africa. This connects African businesses across the continent and delivers end-to-end service excellence. The group’s footprint extends beyond Africa to international (points of presence) PoPs in Europe and the US.
Born and bred in Africa, Paratus is thinking big as it grows its footprint to deliver Africa’s quality network. By understanding the unique opportunities that Africa offers businesses and individuals to break boundaries and to connect without limits, Paratus is committed to raising the bar for providing quality connectivity in Africa.
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