30 results
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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”…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 29 Nov 2016
Web4Africa Launches Local Hosting Services at Rack Centre
To serve its Nigerian and West African customers better, Web4Africa, the Pan African web hosting company has launched its web hosting services in Rack Centre, the Nigerian Carrier neutral premium…
- 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…
- 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…
- 19 Oct 2013
Cloud Computing is ICT Future – MainOne CMO
Cloud computing has been described as the future of the IT world in terms of data storage and security. Folu Aderibigbe, chief sales and marketing officer, MainOne, West Africa’s leading…
- 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,…
- 18 Jul 2024
WATRA says Telecommunications Sector Contributes 7% to Regional GDP
Aliyu Aboki, Executive Secretary of the West African Telecommunications Regulatory Assembly (WATRA) said that telecommunications sector contributes 7 percent annually to Gross Domestic Products (GDP)…
- 9 May 2022
54gene Completes Initial Phase of the Landmark Nigerian 100K Genome Project
54gene, the health technology company advancing African genomics research for improved global health outcomes, has through its non-profit initiative, the African Centre for Translational Genetics…
- 6 Mar 2026
Cassava Launches Sovereign Cloud for Africa’s Public Sector
In the wake of increasing geopolitical tension, Cassava Technologies has unveiled its National Sovereign Cloud offering for African governments. The solution, the company claims, will help the…
- 6 Sept 2024
Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development: Insights from Anambra and Lagos States
At the Hyperscalers Convergence Africa Conference held recently at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, leading experts in technology and infrastructure development convened to discuss regulatory…
- Telecom2 Sept 2026
GITEX Nigeria 2026: Nigeria Moves to Strengthen Sovereign AI, Digital Economy
GITEX Nigeria 2026, West Africa’s technology, artificial intelligence and startup event, on Monday opened in Abuja with government officials and global technology leaders highlighting the need for digital sovereignty and indigenous innovation.
- 15 Aug 2025
Nigeria Hosts15th African Peering & Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)
Nigeria is set to host the 15th edition of the African Peering & Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) from August 19th to 21st in the city of Lagos. Over 500 leaders and experts from the global Internet…
- 26 May 2022
Nnamani to Chair 2022 DigitalSENSE Forum
Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, president, Medallion Data Centres Limited, has been named the chairman of the twin event of the 2022 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D)…
- 24 Jun 2020
African Datacentre Operators Back Free Hosting
Datacentre operators in Africa have highlighted the rationale behind their decision last month to start offering free cloud hosting for applications in an effort to curb COVID-19. In a statement,…
- 6 Nov 2023
PalmPay to Lead "Future of Money, Security and CX" Discussions at AfriTECH 3.0
PalmPay, a leading African-focused fintech company committed to driving financial inclusion through technology, will lead the discussions on future of money, Fintech app security/safety and customer…
- 13 Oct 2018
Google Introduces Dual-regional Data Storage
Google Cloud's storage offering has been updated to give customers more control over where their data is stored, letting them store it in a dual-location. This was announced at the Google Cloud Next…