Flexenclosure Opens Nigerian Office, Flaunts Solutions

Flexenclosure, a specialist developer of intelligent power management systems and modular data centres for the telecom industry, has announced the opening of a new office in Lagos, to serve the rapidly growing West African market, a region where Flexenclosure has made great inroads with both its award-winning power management solution and its energy efficient modular data centre  eCentre.

 David King, CEO, Flexenclosure said that “West and Central Africa are regions with both high telecom growth and at the same time severe challenges in relation to the availability of electricity from the grid".

“Consequently, we have identified a great need in this region for both of our main solutions: eCentre and eSite." King also said.

 eCentre is a complete, pre-fabricated, modular solution to house and power data and telecom equipment. Optimised for energy efficiency and low total cost of ownership, eCentre is specifically designed to be fast to deploy and fully future proof. 

eSite is a power solution for off-grid and unreliable grid base station sites that cuts diesel-related costs by up to 90 per cent. Powered by renewable energy sources or the grid and a backup genset, eSite can deliver a 90 percent reduction in diesel fuel consumption, CO2 emissions, and energy related OPEX compared to traditional diesel based systems.

Flexenclosure has previously announced an order for 250 units of eSite by Airtel Nigeria to upgrade diesel powered base stations across Nigeria, to make them greener and less expensive to operate. Airtel is the world's fifth largest mobile operator with operations in 19 countries across Asia and
Africa.

In West Africa Flexenclosure is also delivering eSites to other African countries including Ghana, Sudan, Tanzania and Swaziland.

 Flexenclosure's eCentre solution has also been deployed in operators' networks in West and Central Africa. The first installation of eCentre was for MTN in Nigeria in 2001, followed by additional installations for MTN in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon.

MTN Group is Africa's leading telecommunications provider, operating in 21 countries across the region. In total, more than 4,200 sqm of eCentre area has been deployed in the region.

"Both the energy efficient eCentre and the cost-saving eSite are specifically designed to operate effectively in environmentally challenging environments and climates, while providing a quick return on investment and the lowest long-term total cost of ownership", said King.

Africa is Flexenclosure's most important market. The company already has an office in Nairobi, Kenya, which has grown considerably since it was established in 2010.

Africa is the second biggest and fastest growing telecom market in the world, and also the only region in the world with a growing population off-grid. Mobile operators are struggling to keep control of energy-related costs for running their telecom networks, as well as keeping up with an increasing number of mobile phone users.

They are actively trying to reduce operating costs while at the same time planning to provide better quality services to their subscribers and end customers.

"It is important for us to have a local presence in Nigeria, and direct

contact with our customers. With the new Lagos office we can provide a higher level of service and offer telecom operators the most reliable, energy efficient and cost effective technology in the market",  King added.

Flexenclosure's new Nigerian office is located in Bourdillon road, Ikoyi, and will be headed by Chioma Viola Opara.

Opara joined Flexenclosure in August last year and is driving sales for Central and West African countries.

Her previous employments include the Pipeline and Products Marketing Company in Nigeria, and the Swedish Trade Council for East, Central and West Africa.