Nigeria’s AFPIF moment.
In April 2025, the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) quietly crossed a line that once felt unreachable - 1 terabit per second of peak domestic internet traffic. It was…
Neutral, open, connected: Equinix’s play to anchor West Africa’s interconnection economy.
In a dusty office in Cocody, Abidjan, Lacina Achi refreshes his browser, watching the dashboard of his new e-learning platform come alive. For years, delays and outages were routine, each…
Nigeria’s gas paradox: rising demand, crippled supply, and the stakes for energy-hungry data centers.
Nigeria is in the midst of an energy pivot. As electricity demand surges across industries, from manufacturing to digital infrastructure, natural gas is emerging as a cornerstone of the country’s…
Saudi Arabia’s AI dream gets a boost from xAI.
xAI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by Elon Musk and creator of the Grok chatbot, is reportedly exploring a potential data center expansion into Saudi Arabia, according to a Bloomberg…
TouchNet and iXAfrica launch Sovereign AI Cloud in Kenya.
TouchNet and iXAfrica Data Centres have partnered to launch the Zadara AI Sovereign Cloud in Kenya, marking a significant milestone in the country’s digital infrastructure evolution.The enterprise-grade cloud solution, hosted…
MTN Nigeria unveils locally-built public cloud platform.
Following the launch of its Dabengwa Sifiso Tier III data center, MTN Nigeria has unveiled its first-ever public cloud platform, marking a historic milestone in its digital transformation journey and…
MTN Nigeria bets $235m on data center push, but carrier neutrality questions linger.
MTN Nigeria has fired its opening salvo in the country’s lucrative cloud infrastructure race, unveiling the first phase of its $235 million Dabengwa Sifiso Data Center, a bold move that…
Building the Infrastructure for Kenya’s Digital Leap.
By Wojtek Piorko, Managing Director, Africa at Vertiv Kenya is entering a new digital era, one defined by accelerated connectivity, data growth, and the move towards artificial intelligence (AI). But…
AWS resumes data center leasing as hyperscalers return to market, TD Cowen says.
After a period of pullback in early 2025, cloud giants Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are returning to the data center leasing market, signaling renewed momentum in hyperscale infrastructure expansion,…
South Africa’s Teraco boosts capacity to 185MW with new JB5 hyperscale data center.
Teraco, Africa’s largest carrier-neutral data center operator, has completed construction of its latest hyperscale facility, JB5, in Johannesburg - adding critical new infrastructure as demand for digital services and cloud…
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