Africa’s Data Centre expansion raises questions over skilled workforce availability
Africa’s data centre boom is creating a new challenge: finding enough engineers, technicians and operations specialists to run increasingly complex facilities. As investment in cloud, AI and digital infrastructure accelerates, workforce development must scale alongside new capacity. In Nigeria, Rack Centre and IBTC have launched the Rack Centre Academy to combine professional certification with hands-on experience in a live data-centre environment—offering one model for closing the gap between education and industry needs.
