30 results
- 3 Apr 2022
Africa Data Hub Announces Community Journalism Fellowship 2022/2023
Africa Data Hub (ADH) is commencing its Community Journalism Fellowship Programme. This initiative aims to improve the coverage of under-reported issues in local communities across Nigeria, paying…
- 5 Jul 2022
Africa Data Hub Announces First Cohort of it’s Community Journalism Fellowship
Africa Data Hub has announced recipients of the first cohort of the ADH Community Journalism Fellowship. The Africa Data Hub is a reputable and up-to-date source for COVID-19 related data on the…
- 6 Apr 2021
Africa Data Centres Commits to West African Hub with Lagos Datacentre
Africa Data Centres, the pan-African network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral datacentres and part of the Liquid Telecom Group, has confirmed a significant investment into the…
- 29 Nov 2021
Africa Data Centres Unveils New 10MW Data Centre in Lagos
Africa Data Centres, the largest network of interconnected, carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre facilities on the continent, is pleased to announce that it has officially opened its new 10MW data…
- 18 May 2023
Africa Data Centres to Start Construction on a New Facility in Accra
Africa Data Centres, the largest network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral data centre facilities on the continent, announces that it will shortly start construction on its newly acquired…
- 22 Jun 2023
ADC Partners London Internet Exchange for East Africa Interconnection Hub
Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies group, is pleased to announce that the London Internet Exchange (LINX) has brought them on board as a full point of presence (PoP) for the new…
- 1 Aug 2017
Niger Signs MOU to Make Minna Data Hub
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the World Council on City Data (WCCD) to make Minna a Local Data Hub on Sustainability Solutions. Bello signed the agreement…
- 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 Mar 2020
ADC Ranks Africa Data Centres, As Nigeria Shows Growth Potentials
Africa Data Centres, the pan-African network of vendor-and carrier-neutral datacentres, has ranked Kenya in second place just behind South Africa in terms of the growth and development of its…
- 8 Apr 2021
ADC Builds 10MW Data Center in Lagos
Africa Data Centres (ADC) has said that the construction on 10MW facility data center is ‘well underway,’ in Lagos. Stephane Duproz, CEO of Africa Data Centres, said that the first phase is due to go…
- 9 Jan 2026
Nigeria, Egypt to Lead Africa’s Data Center Boom
Africa’s data center landscape is rapidly evolving from small, isolated initiatives into a large-scale, fast-paced expansion. According to Africa Telecom Review, between 2025 and 2030, capacity…
- 5 Nov 2019
Africa Tech Hub Ecosystem Surges with Nigeria @Top
Technology hubs are thriving in Africa, as the continent looks to create the next ‘unicorns’ – privately held start-up companies valued at over $1 billion. This is according to a recent report by…
- 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…
- 17 Jan 2024
AfDB Partners HealthTech Hub Africa on Boosting Health Tech Innovations
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has entered into an agreement with the HealthTech Hub Africa to support the development of a pan-African blueprint to fasttrack health tech innovations…
- 28 Dec 2020
Data Scientists to Transform Ibadan to Data Economic Hub
A newly released report has placed the largest city in the South West and the third most populous city in Nigeria, Ibadan as the next city that set to control the data economy in the region. The…
- 20 Mar 2013
SA's Innovation Hub Supports Tech Demo Africa 2013
ITNewsAfric a, Africa's technology news leader, has partnered with The Innovation Hub, Africa's first internationally accredited Science Park and a full member of the International Association of…
- 31 Aug 2009
FG to Make Nigeria ICT Hub for Africa
The Federal Government is poised to make Nigeria a major Information Communication Technology (ICT) hub in Africa, Vice-President Jonathan Goodluck has declared. Jonathan, at a one day international…
- 19 Feb 2013
AfDB Embarks on Revolutionary Data Management, Dissemination Programme in Africa
African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched an ambitious program to significantly improve data management and dissemination in Africa. The ultimate goal of the program is to facilitate wider public…
- 20 Feb 2026
IXPN Positions as the Regional Internet Exchange Hub for West Africa
Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria is positioning as a regional Internet Exchange hub for West Africa in terms of infrastructure and traffic. Muhammed Rudman, chief executive officer, IXPN, stated…
- 24 Sept 2017
Nigeria Can Become Africa’s Internet Hub If… - MainOne
Vremudia Oghene-Ruemu, MDXi’s product manager, Data Center in this interview assesses the data centre market in Nigeria, challenges confronting the line of business, the partnership with IXPN,…
- 11 Nov 2024
Nigeria, Ghana Africa’s Digital Hubs Hardest Hit by Cyber Attacks - Report
Nigeria, a major digital hub in Africa, has one of the highest volume of cyberattacks in West Africa, coming in at 2,721 for the first half of 2024. Attacks on the computer-related services field…
- 12 Mar 2024
Airtel Africa Commences Construction of Nxtra, Airtel’s First Data Centre in Nigeria
Airtel Africa, provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has officially broken ground on its first data centre in Lagos, Nigeria. Nxtra…
- 27 Mar 2020
Africa CDC, Co-Creation Hub Partner to Use Smart Ways to Educate & Sensitize the Continent on COVID-19
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is collaborating with the Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), the leading technology innovation centre in Africa, to launch a call, for innovative…
- 13 May 2026
Africa to get AI Data Centres Through Three-way Partnership
Localised, industrial-grade artificial intelligence (AI) data centre infrastructure will be delivered across Africa and the Global South, following a strategic alliance between sovereign AI…
- 16 May 2017
IBM Research Focuses On Big Data to Tackle SDGs in Africa
As the world today, May 17, 2017 observe ‘World Telecommunication and Information Society Day’ with the theme “Big Data for Big Impact.” ITU and the members are exploring how Big Data can help solve…
- 26 Oct 2018
Microsoft 4Afrika deepening Data & AI capabilities in Africa to enhance employability and entrepreneurship
Digital transformation is re-imagining industries around the world. Technology is no longer a nice-to-have, but a necessity for staying in business. Research shows that modern technologies like AI…
- 6 Jun 2021
Africa Set to Become a Global Hub for Agritech
Africa’s agricultural sector is set for exponential growth in the coming decade, research commissioned by Microsoft and compiled by Africa Practice revealed. A statement by Microsoft said with a…
- 28 Jun 2026
Telecom Operators Back Plan to Turn Nigeria Into Africa's Smartphone Manufacturing Hub
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria has thrown its weight behind the Nigerian Communications Commission's push for local smartphone manufacturing, saying the initiative…
- 19 Dec 2021
Rack Centre LGS1 Data Centre Expansion Wins MEA Data Centre Development Award
Rack Centre, the leading carrier neutral data centre colocation provider in West Africa, has emerged the winner at the Data Centre Dynamics (DCD) global award, the first for the Middle East and…
- 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…