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- 18 Feb 2026
Africa’s Active Data Centres' Capacity on Back Foot, Despite Investment Push
With its meteoric rise in data centre development and it accounting for 20% of the global population, Africa still only has 0.6% of global data centre capacity. This is based on the 2026 Economic…
- 13 Sept 2022
Africa Data Centres Joins Forces with Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN)
Africa Data Centres, the largest network of interconnected, carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre facilities in Africa, and part of the Cassava Technologies group, has taken a significant step…
- 7 Feb 2020
Africa Data Centres Association Seeks Greater Investment in 2020
Africa's datacentre market features 85 competitors from 54 countries within a continent that is home to 1.3billion people, and with an overall geographic area similar to Paris or Amsterdam, it is…
- 30 Oct 2018
Ayotunde Coker Elected Secretary General of Newly Formed Africa Data Centre Association
Dr. Ayotunde Coker, the Managing Director of Rack Centre, Africa’s premium colocation data centre has been elected by his African peers as the Secretary General of the newly formed African Data…
- 21 Apr 2026
UniCloud Africa, Open Access Data Centres Announce Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Digital Sovereignty Across Africa
UniCloud Africa (UCA), the premier pan-African sovereign cloud platform, and Open Access Data Centres (OADC), one of the leading data centre companies in Africa, and Africa’s fastest-growing data…
- 31 Oct 2024
African Telcos Compete to Launch Eco-Friendly Data Centres
African telecommunications companies are hurrying to build data centres powered by green energy as the demand for digital services on the continent increases, driven by the largest youth demographic…
- Telecom12 Sept 2026
Digital Parks, Master Power Plan New Data Centre Facility in Lagos
Digital Parks Africa (DPA), the data centre business in association with the Master Power Technologies Group, is expanding into West Africa with the development of a new carrier-neutral data centre in Lagos, Nigeria. This move strengthens DPA’s investment in the digital infrastructure needed to support Africa’s growing connected economy.
- 20 May 2024
Open Access Data Centres Recognize Sustainability as Key in its Operations - Aduloju
Mr Olatunji Aduloju is Operations Manager at Open Access Data Centres (OADC) on Sustainability in Data Centre Operations. He has an enviable career in operations of data centre, and has worked with…
- 8 Oct 2019
MainOne Wins at Datacloud Africa Leadership Awards 2019
MainOne, West Africa’s leading connectivity and data centre solutions provider and its subsidiary company, MDXi, came out tops at the 2019 edition of Datacloud Africa Leadership Summit and Awards…
- 23 Jul 2024
Cofinity, African Data Centre Providers Ink Partnership Deals
Cofinity Group, which has been in the data center market for over 15 years, has signed strategic channel partnership agreements with Africa's largest data centre operators. Ayotunde Coker, chairman…
- 30 May 2022
Dr. Krish Wins 2022 Data Centre Personality Award @BoICT Awards
Dr. Krishnan Ranganath, a senior global executive with expertise in data centre operations and other business focus has won the Data Centre Personality Award of the Year Award at the Beacon of…
- 11 Feb 2022
Acronis Extends its Data Centre Strategy to Nigeria
Cyber protection and cloud services firm Acronis has announced a new Acronis Cyber Cloud Data Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. In a statement released to the media, Acronis said the new data centre, one of…
- 11 Oct 2024
Huawei Plans Data Centre in Nigeria to Boost Local Cloud Capabilities
Huawei Technologies, a Chinese information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure provider, has unveiled plans to launch a significant new data centre in Nigeria, a move that is expected…
- 13 Feb 2018
NITRA Hosts Data Centre Operators at Breakfast Meeting
Chief Executive Officers of Nigeria’s leading Data Centre Service providers- MainOne, Medallion Communications, and Rack Centre will be guests to the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters…
- 19 Feb 2018
Data Centre Operators Canvass for More Players in Industry
Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA), on Friday in Lagos, gathered Chief Executive Officers of leading Data Centre Service providers to a breakfast meeting, tagged: ‘Breakfast…
- 11 Mar 2019
Coker, Rack Centre MD Selected as a Member of Data Economy Power list of 200 Individuals
Data Economy, one of the world’s most prestigious publications devoted to the global data industry has selected Dr Ayotunde Coker, the Managing Director of Rack Centre as one of its 200 “Power List”…
- 9 Feb 2021
Uneven Datacentre Distribution Widens Digital Gap in Africa
The lack of infrastructure has made digital services across Africa inaccessible for many on the continent. According to a recent white paper by Xalam Analytics and Africa Data Centre Association,…
- 20 May 2026
Nigeria gets AI-ready Lagos data centre
Kasi Cloud Datacentres has launched an AI-ready hyperscale data centre in Lagos, marking a significant step in Nigeria’s digital infrastructure expansion and cloud localisation ambitions. The company…
- 7 Dec 2025
Nigeria Lacks AI-Ready Data Centres, Trails in Capacity - Nnamani
Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, chief executive officer, Digital Realty Nigeria, says the country currently has no data centres designed for core Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications despite the…
- 29 Jun 2016
Rack Centre Appoints Udoaka as New Business Development Director
Rack Centre, West Africa’s Premium Data Centre colocation provider has announced Mr Frederick Udoaka as joining its executive leadership team as business development director. Udoaka joined from MTN…
- 14 Apr 2026
Nigeria’s Digital Boom Takes Centre Stage as IoT West Africa Returns to Lagos
Nigeria is in the middle of one of the fastest digital infrastructure expansions on the continent. Microsoft, Google, and AWS are committing to African cloud regions. MTN and Airtel are at the…
- 15 Oct 2021
Nigeria, Ethiopia Ripe for Datacentre Development
COVID-19 has fast-tracked digital transformation and will drive utilisation and the case for increased investment in datacentres across Africa, with countries like Ethiopia and Nigeria identified as…
- 16 Feb 2025
NITDA Pledges to Foster Innovation with Cloud Infrastructure and AI Applications
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has reaffirmed its dedication to fostering an innovative ecosystem that balances regulation with industry growth. The agency is investing in…
- 16 May 2013
'Freight Train’ of Added Traffic to Hit ICT Networks Globally
Two recently published white papers have projected large increases in ICT network traffic over the next five years. Each points to a different source of growth, which impacts different parts of…
- 28 Oct 2020
Liquid Telecom Commences Construction of $100M Datacentre in Lagos
Liquid Telecom’s Africa Data Centres, pan-African network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral datacentres, has embarked on the construction of what it describes as one of the largest…
- 1 Dec 2022
Cloud Services Take Nigeria and Africa by Storm
By Stephen Okoye I recently sat on a panel to discuss the adoption of cloud computing in Nigeria and Africa and seeing the overwhelming optimism about cloud services among the panel and audience, I…
- 25 Nov 2024
Meet the Winners of 2024 Africa Tech Alliance Excellence Awards
Africa Tech Alliance (ATAEx) Awards has, again, lived up to expectations by honouring individuals, organizations, and initiatives that have made significant impact on Africa's tech ecosystem,…
- 25 Oct 2022
AfriTECH 2.0: Outstanding Individuals, Organisations to be Honoured
Outstanding individuals and organisations in Africa shall be honoured as part of the activities lined up for this year’s Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH 2.0) in Lagos, Nigeria. AfriTECH 2.0 is…
- 7 Nov 2023
Aminu Maida to Lead Discussions at AfriTECH 3.0
Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), will deliver the keynote address at the third edition of the Africa Tech Alliance…
- 14 Jun 2023
IXPN Underscores Benefits of Collaboration, Peering and Local Hosting of Content
Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), a non-for-profit and membership-based organisation, which provides a platform where networks interconnect directly within Nigeria has highlighted the…