Africa Data Centres, the pan-African network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral datacentres and part of the Liquid Telecom Group, has confirmed a significant investment into the construction of a new 10MW datacentre facility in Lagos, Nigeria. In May 2020 Strive Masiyiwa, Executive Chairman of the Liquid Telecom Group, said plans were “at an advanced stage” to enter...
After a subdued 2020, South Africa’s IT market is projected to spring into growth this year, showing the sharpest growth in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. This is according to Nagia El-Emary, country director for Egypt and senior consultant for the MEA region at IDC. El-Emary was speaking at Lenovo’s MEA virtual event:...
Dimension Data today proudly announced it has won the 2019 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for Uganda. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. “We are proud of our partnership with Microsoft and the...
Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech has announced the eleven best tech start-ups (including three from South Africa) selected to be the latest cohort in the global accelerator programme. According to information supplied, SBC AfriTech is the African leg of a global family of industry-focused accelerators and this is the third year that it will be held on...
Global engineering and infrastructure advisory company Aurecon has selected Orange Business Services to manage its global communications infrastructure, including SD-WAN and cybersecurity services, as part of a US$25-million five-year network transformation deal. The deal will affect 60 sites across more than twenty countries, including key markets in Africa such as Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia,...
