Meta's 2Africa cable landing a windfall for African economies

Adaire Fox-Martin, who has 25 years of experience in the technology sector, is expected to lead Equinix’s expansion, including in Africa.

MainOne says Akwa Ibom’s selection as a landing site underscores its strategic importance in Nigeria’s digital transformation journey.

While SA has a whole lot of new competitors in the market, the company believes data centres wars will be won in the rest of Africa market.

The launch aims to meet the growing demand for data processing, storage, and transmission in Côte d'Ivoire and Francophone West Africa.

NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), a global cloud-led, data centric software company, today announced their new joint Bare-Metal-as-a-Service (BMaaS) solution, NetApp Storage on Equinix Metal.

The minister emphasised the importance of supporting internet traffic aggregation at interconnection hubs at the African Peering and Interconnection Forum.

N+ONE will contribute its current portfolio of digital infrastructure assets in Morocco, while AIIM will invest an initial $90 million in growth equity.

The event serves as a platform for participants to exchange insights, deliberate on emerging trends, and cultivate avenues for collaboration.

AMS-IX Lagos aims to become a content hub for West Africa, enabling regional and local ISPs, carriers, and internet exchanges to aggregate content.

DPA SA will supply 12MW of renewable solar energy to ADC facilities, partly from the solar farm it is developing near Bloemfontein.

Companies are being urged to take a ‘holistic view’ of the energy consumed by data centres, and ‘how to get a grip on it’.