NAPAfrica’s 3Tbps milestone driven by growth in Africa’s digital economy
What started as an idea to assist global content investment to African shores, while also improving latency, has emerged as a leading interconnection hub says Michele McCann, Head of Platforms at Teraco.
Michele McCann
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Alliance between LINX and NAPAfrica powers up peering prospects
Networks connected to LINX or NAPAfrica can access either exchange via trusted and mutually available carriers.
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Ecoband expands presence into South Africa
Agreement will benefit Ecoband's customers, including those in West Africa, allowing for lower latency – of around 66ms between Cape Town and Accra.
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Digital Reality acquires majority stake in Teraco
Transaction, to be completed in the first half of 2022, brings global strategic partner for further expansion.
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Teraco’s JB3 data centre facility up and running in Ekurhuleni
The company says the new facility comprises 45 000sqm of building structure, 12 000sqm of data hall space, and 29MW of critical power load.
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IXP growth bodes well for Africa’s connected future
According to NAPAfrica, the number of IXPs in Africa has increased from 19 in 2012 to 46 in 2020.
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NAPAfrica reaches 1 Terabit Internet milestone
Teraco announces NAPAfrica reaches 1Tbps of peak traffic.
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Teraco to invest R1bn in expansion of Data Centre Campus
In its largest infrastructure build project to date, Africa's only neutral data centre provider Teraco has announced that it will be expanding the Teraco Isando Campus (JB1).
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Fresh IXP alliances bode well for Africa’s internet
Two partnerships reflect industry’s response to growing demand for connectivity across the continent.
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Buoyed by growth of African peering communities, NAPAfrica reaches top 15 of the world's largest IXPs
Teraco, Africa's only vendor neutral data centre, has announced that Africa's largest Internet Exchange Point (IXP), NAPAfrica is now ranked in the top 15 of the largest global IXPs.
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Teraco surpasses 12 000 interconnects and predicts more growth across Africa
Africa's only vendor neutral colocation data centre, Teraco, is Africa's most densely interconnected Data Centre with over 12,000 interconnects and growing at an impressive rate of ?500 interconnects per quarter. This means it has become very easy and efficient for Teraco's clients to do business and exchange information.
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NAPAfrica celebrates five years as Africa's largest IXP
Lex van Wyk of Teraco says that NAPAfrica has made an undeniable impact and has forever changed the face of peering across the African continent.