Posts Tagged ‘Lagos’

WIOCC secures IFC investment for Africa fibre, subsea cables, data centres

December 15, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

The International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group, is investing $30m in WIOCC (Wes...

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Google launches Equiano subsea cable, plans Cape Town region

September 14, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

Google officially launched its Equiano submarine cable system in although it’s not expected to go ...

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AMS-IX selects Equinix-owned MainOne for new Nigeria IX

August 25, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

AMS-IX will set up a new IX in Lagos, Nigeria in partnership with MainOne, which was recently acquir...

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DE-CIX picks Nigeria, DR Congo, Libya for first African markets

July 7, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

DE-CIX is expanding to Africa in a series of partnerships under its DE-CIX-as-a-Service model. ...

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Kasi Cloud breaks ground in Nigeria; discusses plans for Sub-Saharan Africa data centres

May 19, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

Kasi Cloud recently broke ground on a new campus in Lagos, Nigeria. There was not a whole lot of det...

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Equiano cable lands in Nigeria through WIOCC and OADC

May 13, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

WIOCC (West Indian Ocean Cable Company), the Mauritius-based wholesale connectivity provider, landed...

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Airtel Nigeria opens colocation facility in Lagos

April 21, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

Local media reports indicate Airtel Nigeria opened a new data centre in the Lekki area of Lagos. ...

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Acronis adds Africa locations to global data centre footprint

January 28, 2022
Philbert Shih

Acronis set up two new data centres in Africa for its cybersecurity tools and backup for Microsoft a...

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Equinix acquires MainOne in Nigeria; enters Africa market

December 15, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

We had a virtual sit down with Equinix management following the announcement of an agreement to buy ...

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Digital Realty making moves in Africa with JV and acquisition

October 27, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Digital Realty is ramping up its presence in Africa with an acquisition in Nigeria and a new build i...

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Global Switch exec joins Actis, Convergence Partners for planned African data centres

September 2, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Actis and Convergence Partners named Jasper Lankhorst as CEO of its planned (and as yet unnamed) pan...

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Africa Data Centres to launch new Nigeria data centre this year

April 14, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Liquid Telecom-backed Africa Data Centres, which raised $307m for expansion last November, confirmed...

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