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- 21 Mar 2016
Leveraging on Technology to Grow the Insurance Industry in Nigeria
Mr. Ayotunde Coker, managing director of Rack Centre, Nigeria’s first Tier lll design certified data centre, has advised insurance executives on the need to leverage on technology to be able to meet…
- 28 Mar 2019
Data Centre Infrastructure is Strategic to Developing Economy - Coker
Ayotunde Coker is the managing director of Rack Centre a data centre operator. He spoke to Chike Onwuegbuchi on the importance of data centre infrastructure to a developing economy such as Nigeria.…
- 7 Oct 2019
Austin Okere to Keynote as Tunde Coker Chairs MoDiTECH 2019
Mr. Austin Okere, Founder & Vice Chairman, CWG Plc, will present the keynote at the maiden edition of Mobile & Disruptive Technology Forum (MoDiTECH 2019) holding on October 24, 2019 in Lagos…
- 16 May 2018
Rack Centre Bags ICT Infrastructure, Data Centre Provider Awards
Rack Centre, Africa’s premium data centre provider has won two awards at the 2018 Beacon of ICT Awards. It won the “ICT Infrastructure Provider of the Year” and ICT Infrastructure Provider of the…
- 19 Apr 2017
Rack Centre is Winner 3 Years in a Row, Beacon of ICT Awards.
Rack Centre, Africa’s premium carrier neutral data centre is a winner for the third year in the well-respected annual Beacon of ICT awards. For the third year running it is the winner of the…
- 19 Sept 2016
NITDA Boss @ Rack Centre, Restate FG’s Commitment to Host Data Locally
Dr Vincent Olatunji, acting director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has again restated the commitment of the Nigerian Government that data generated in…
- 8 Feb 2016
Coker, Rack Centre Boss Seeks End to Overseas Data Hosting
Aside from driving local content in the Nigerian ICT sector; hosting data locally will help drive gross domestic product (GDP) contribution goal of the industry; and boost the foreign exchange…
- 28 Jun 2026
OADC Reaffirms Abundant Capacity in Data Centres in Nigeria to Host Financial Data
Ayotunde Coker, managing director, Open Access Data Centres has reiterated availability of abundant capacity and world-class infrastructure in key data centres in Nigeria. This is coming against the…
- 27 Apr 2016
Roll of Honours at Beacon Of ICT Lecture/Awards 2016
CommunicationsWeek Media Limited, publishers of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek online and print editions, last weekend, rolled out the drums to celebrate individuals, private and public organisations, as…
- 26 Jun 2017
IPv6: Firms Seek Concessions on Equipment Type Approval
To speed up migration of networks to the Internet Protocol Version six (IPv6), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) should be considerate on equipment type approval charges, said information and…
- 4 Aug 2015
NSE, Rack Centre Ink Partnership on Data Centre Colocation Services
Mr Oscar N. Onyema, chief executive officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), has stressed the importance that technology has played in the quest to transform the NSE. This is even as the NSE itself…
- 31 May 2017
TCCF: Rack Centre Expects Increased Hosting Demands
Rack Centre, the Sub Sahara Africa’s premium data centre and colocation services provider has declared it’s preparedness to accommodate more customers to its facilities in view of the boom in Big…
- 5 Dec 2019
Lagos hosts technology conference to integrate innovation into growth plan
In line with its transformational objectives, Lagos State Government is hosting a world-class conference in conjunction with Eko Innovation Center (EIC) to discuss integration of technology and…
- 27 Mar 2025
Nigeria's $1 Trillion Economy Vision Hinges on Digital Backbone
Industry leaders at a summit on the implementation of Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) framework in Nigeria have established a direct link between Nigeria’s $1 trillion economy…
- 27 May 2019
Danbatta, Patami to Lead Discussion at 5th Edition of TERF
The National Executive Council of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has announced that the 5th edition of its Telecom Executives and Regulators Forum, which is one of…
- 27 May 2024
Nnamani Bags Lifetime Achievement Award @ABoICT 2024
Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, CEO of Digital Realty Nigeria, received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent Africa's Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Awards organized by Nigerian…
- 6 Jun 2021
Innovating Nigeria: The Rise of True Compatriots
By Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General/CEO of NITDA Beneath the obvious national contradictions and challenges we face, there is a deep revolution brewing that is “innovation at the speed of…
- 26 Dec 2016
Stakeholders Make case for Local Internet Content Hosting
Stakeholders in the internet administration ecosystem have advocated for an improved hosting of local internet content in the country as a way of developing the sector. They argued that apart from…
- 2 May 2018
LCCI Announces Rack Centre Winner of Local Content in ICT in its 2018 Annual Excellence Award
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nigeria’s oldest and largest Chamber in Nigeria has announced Rack Centre, Africa’s Premium Tier III certified Data Centre as the winner of its local…
- 3 Jun 2016
Addax Petroleum Migrates Business Data to Rack Centre
Addax Petroleum, a leading oil and gas exploration and production company with focus on Africa, the Middle East and the North Sea, has successfully completed the migration of its business data to…
- 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…
- 15 May 2017
Rack Centre, 1st in W/Africa to Achieve Uptime Institute Tier III ‘TCCF’ Certification
Rack Centre, the Sub Sahara Africa’s premium data centre and colocation services provider has attained the Tier III Tier Certification of Constructed Facility (TCCF) from the Uptime Institute,…
- 2 Nov 2016
Rack Centre Achieves ISO/IEC 27001: 2013 IS & Management System Certification
Rack Centre, Nigeria’s Premium Data Centre has obtained the global ISO/IEC27001:2013 certification for an information security management system. ISO/IEC 27001:2013, an Information Security…
- 13 Apr 2016
FG Moves to Localise Data Hosting, Urges Data Centres to Improve Capacity
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communication has said that once Nigeria data centres has enough capacity locally to handle data generated within the country, the Nigerian government will put a…
- 28 Jun 2015
Nigeria Loses Money, Content as Internet Traffic Heads Abroad
Mohammed Rudman, managing director, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), has said that keeping local traffic local and avoiding international links, would help local operators and users reap…
- 29 Sept 2023
Infobip named Innovative Cloud Communications Provider of The Year @Tech Innovation Awards 2023
Infobip, a leading global cloud communications platform provider, has been awarded the prestigious title of "Innovative Cloud Communications Provider of The Year" at the Tech Innovation Awards 2023.…
- 22 Apr 2017
ICT Heavyweights Line-up for BoICT Lecture/Awards
Some of the biggest names in country ICT industry will headline the 2017 Beacon of ICT Distinguished Lecture/Awards Series, widely regarded as the most prestigious annual event available in the ICT…
- 27 Oct 2025
Unicloud Africa Launches Premier Sovereign Cloud Platform with 99.999% Uptime SLA, Local Currency Billing
Unicloud Africa, the premier pan-African cloud platform dedicated to advancing the continent’s digital sovereignty, today unveiled the groundbreaking launch and immediate availability of its…
- 29 Oct 2019
Stakeholders at MoDiTECH 2019 Harp on Leveraging Digital Services to Boost Nigeria’s Economy
To fully embrace the possibilities that digital technology has to offer both the private and public organisations have to be willing to use agile approaches in which requirements and solutions evolve…
- 24 Oct 2019
#MoDiTECH2019 Holds Today in Lagos
C-level executives including CEOs/CFOs/CROs/CCO/CIO; Directors and Heads of trading, operations, research, analytics, investment, strategy, digital, compliance, risk and data analysts; and senior…