West Africa urgently needs more digital infrastructure

The company said the LG2.3 would help Nigeria's booming digital transformation activities by delivering state-of-the-art colocation and secure interconnection options.

The Johannesburg summit is the first leg of the annual AfricArena Tour, which visits to each of Africa's four regions.

The company says this move provides an additional layer of resiliency for its enterprise customers, ensuring uninterrupted service at no additional cost.

In addition to promoting technological innovation, data centres will play a key role in the advancement of AI in the region, says an industry expert.

Mastercard says Ghana offers fertile ground for the company to enhance its geographical presence in West Africa.

The telco says it will fine-tune OpenAI’s open-source speech models and Meta’s openly available Llama 3.1 model to support regional African languages

Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Benin, Senegal, Mali, and Cameroon had the highest number of cyber-attacks, according to NETSCOUT.

MDXi announced the plans yesterday, saying it will move its social media communications to Equinix on October 21, 2024, to streamline communication and deliver a' seamless user experience'.

The British High Commissioner to Ghana says this relationship underlines the UK's commitment to working with African countries on science and technology.

Cellulant and Google stated that the move aims to boost usage and downloads in a market where international card usage is limited.

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