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Teraco Data Environments, Africa’s largest data centre provider, is considering expanding to Nigeria and Kenya, CEO Jan Hnizdo reveals. The company could create data centres of between 1MW and 4MW in those countries, Hnizdo says from Johannesburg. Nigeria and Kenya have the liberalised telecoms sectors that data centres need, he adds. Growing numbers of African internet users make it harder to serve the continent’s needs via offshore data centres in Europe or the US. Local capacity means faster connections speeds, and Africa’s data centre market is set to grow at a compound annual rate ...

By Juliet Umeh The global  Internet Service Provider, AFR-IX, said it has linked West Africa’s carrier neutral Tier III data centre, Rack Centre, to service its West African customers, especially on data interconnection issues. Founder and Chief Executive of AFR-IX group, Mr Norman Albi, said the company needed a top-notch carrier neutral data centre facility for its services and connectivity solutions. He said with Rack Centre deal, his company has established strong point of presence in West Africa, which will rub off positively on its West African customers. Albi said: “Rack Centre sa...

Irish construction and engineering firms have established a leadership position internationally in the delivery of complex data centre projects. Indeed, it has become increasingly difficult to find a major data centre project in the UK, western Europe, and the Nordic countries that doesn't feature strong Irish involvement. The Irish industry's expertise in data centre construction has its roots in the growth of the sector in Ireland over the past two decades. Irish firms took the expertise gained through building facilities for global leaders at home and used it to win contracts in the intern...

Emma Okonji writes that despite the challenges in the outgoing year, the telecommunications sector recorded success and contributed to the economy in several ways The year 2020 came with unprecedented challenges capable of crippling economies, but the Nigerian telecoms sector was able to weather the storm and came out strong with impressive performance and growth. The greatest challenge faced by the sector in 2020, was about managing a resilient network to ensure unhindered telecoms service during the outbreak of COVID-19, which was first experienced in Nigeria in February 2020. Narrating the...

US DFC bets $300m on Africa's demand for data storage centers Quartz 12/11/2020 © Provided by Quartz The US International Development Finance Corporation has joined a push into Africa’s rapidly growing data storage market with a $300 million investment in the expansion of Africa Data Centres, the data storage arm of Johannesburg-based Liquid Telecom. Zimbabwean telecoms billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, whose Econet Group controls Liquid, has already staked the potential of investment into data centers in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. The African region’s data center market, which curr...