Liberia to move ACE cable landing station after construction causes outages
Currently the country's only source of international Internet bandwidth
News - Africa
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Equinix opens expansion in Lagos, Nigeria
Expansion took place at existing facility, though details are sparse
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IFC commits $100m in debt financing to Raxio Group
Funding will enable the operator to double its data center deployment
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AFR-IX secures $15.6m of EU funding for Medusa subsea cable expansion to West Africa
Will now feature branching unit to the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Safaricom completes first phase of data center in Limuru, Kenya
Will be the operator's fourth facility in the country
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Tlou Energy to build data center in Lesedi, Botswana
Facility for an unnamed developer will be located at Tlou's gas production site
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Paix Data Centres breaks ground on facility in Dakar, Senegal
Will offer 1.2MW across 918 sqm
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Hormuud CEO announces plans for more green data centers
Will add to the company's existing 10MW portfolio
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Raxio appoints Robert Skjødt as CEO
Replaces Robert Mullins
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ST Digital starts construction on data center in Cote d’Ivoire
The data center will span 4,000 sqm (43,055 sq ft) and offer various services
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Wingu Group launches data center and CLS in Djibouti tech park
TO7 Technology Park includes innovation center for attracting local tech talent
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Liberia and Cybastion sign MoU for data center and subsea cable
Will set out to improve nation's connectivity and enhance digital infrastructure
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Amazon acquires leasehold on New Zealand land for Kuiper satellite venture
Company granted 20 year lease on 500 sqm of land
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MTN Nigeria plans large data center in Lagos
Will be largest in West Africa, company claims
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Telecom Namibia secures Equiano subsea cable capacity from Sparkle
Comes after West Africa subsea cable outages
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Telecom Egypt and SubCom complete two cable landing stations in Egypt
Stations in Sidi Kerir and Zafarana will land IEX cable
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Google to build first subsea cable connecting Africa and Australia
Features terrestrial path to Kenya
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African Development Bank to build data center in the Republic of Congo
Project includes 600km fiber optic cable
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Microsoft eyes more data centers across EMEA region
Hiring an acquisitions manager to scout potential locations
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WACS subsea cable off West Africa repaired after landslide damage
Leaves just one cable still to be fixed in the region
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First cable repair ship arrives at SAT-3 site in West Africa
Remaining three cables due to be fixed by early May
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IHS settles governance dispute with key shareholder Wendel
Should give investors more of a say from this years' AGM
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Center3 acquires CMC Networks
And Zambia to start work on Tier III data center
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Boston IT Solutions and Liquid C2 to deploy Azure Stack Infrastructure in Africa
Companies partner on hybrid cloud infrastructure
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Orange starts 5G trials in DR Congo
Paves the way for IoT opportunities
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Report: Nigeria's Zenith Bank hit by outage due to data center fire
Millions without banking services, in the fourth major data center fire this year
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Orange outlines strategic plan to underpin growth ambitions
Four-pronged strategy announced by operator ahead of 2025 targets
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Google plans first African cloud region as part of $1bn African pledge
It follows recent investment in its Equiano subsea cable