After investing in Ghana’s Onix Accra 1 datacentre, Africa focused data storage and last mile internet company Africa Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) is to install an internet exchange point (IXP) at the facility in a bid to capitalise on the country’s low colocation penetration capacity. The Onix Accra 1 is a major carrier-neutral Tier IV...
The Raxio Group, backed by US funder Roha, has announced its intention to establish a Tier III datacentre in Maputo. The company already has datacentre operations in the DRC, Ethiopia and Uganda, and plans to invest in infrastructure in the Ivory Coast and Tanzania later this year. The 1.5 MW datacentre is being constructed at...
The Paratus Group is about to open itsstate-of-the-art data center in Lusaka, Zambia. The pandemic has greatly accelerated the pace of reliance upon unlimited and quality internet connections. DT Global, referring to the 2020 World Bank study of 10 000 enterprises, including micro, small, and medium-sized businesses in 51 emerging and developing economies, states that ‘around...
For more than a decade, Vodacom Business has provided premium data centre facilities to businesses across the country for hosting and managing information technology (IT) services. Now, in partnership with Digital Parks Africa, a provider of wholesale data centres for large-scale data centre needs, Vodacom Business can further support clients’ off-premise data centre requirements while...
West Africa-based cloud, connectivity and datacentre company MainOne is set to launch the Appolonia Data Centre on behalf of its subsidiary, MDXi, in Accra, Ghana. According to the company the new facility, located 20 kilometres from the centre of Accra, will expand MainOne’s infrastructure and service profile in West Africa. It was built to cater...
TeleGeography, a global telecommunications market research and consulting firm, has launched its 2021 Submarine Cable Map, sponsored by Telecom Egypt. According to the research company the map visualises 464 global cables and 1,245 landing stations, as well as major future deployments. It also analyses the changing dynamics in the market and influence of new players...
The Lomé Data Center will allow institutions and companies to host their data in a secure environment. It also offers economic operators a credible and reliable alternative allowing them both to access very high speed internet bandwidth and to save money. Togo now officially has a strategic infrastructure for hosting sensitive data. The President of the Republic,...
Raxio has officially launched Uganda’s first state-of-the-art tier III carrier-neutral data centre at its site in the Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP), Uganda. Raxio will work towards supporting industries that are facing increasingly complex and unique IT and regulatory challenges by providing secure colocation space of up to 400 racks ready to house mission-critical...
The state-owned operator ethio telecom launched yesterday the biggest Tier III ready modular data center in Ethiopia powered by Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. In a press statement sent to The Ethiopian Herald, it was stated that the newly deployed data center is located in...
Business communication and hosting services provider Paratus Zambia said it will soon announce the opening of its new datacentre in the heart of Lusaka. According to the company, the new purpose-built facility will enable businesses to store and access their data, at any time (24/7) “in a secure and world class 3-tier equivalent datacentre”. Paratus...
