Nigeria’s hyperscale moment: why Johnson Agogbua says Africa must stop importing its digital future

Africa’s digital infrastructure story has often been told through the language of connectivity: more subsea cables, more fiber routes, more mobile broadband, more internet exchange points, and more last-mile access.…

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Vertiv and Africa Hyperscalers to host Abuja Infrastructure Solutions Roundtable on AI, Cloud and Connectivity Readiness

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Nigeria’s ability to participate meaningfully in the artificial intelligence economy will depend on the strength of its digital infrastructure. Beyond algorithms and applications, AI at scale requires resilient data centers,…

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Nigerian data centers have engineered better power resilience than elsewhere, industry leaders at Africa Hyperscalers briefing state

Nigeria’s difficult power environment may have forced its data center operators to build a level of resilience that is directly relevant to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s new data localization…

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Africa Hyperscalers hosts industry leaders on CBN Data Localization directive and Nigeria’s Digital Infrastructure Readiness

Nigeria’s new data localization directive for the financial services sector could become a major catalyst for local cloud and data center demand, but its success will depend on how quickly…

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West Africa Cable Outage: Why West Africa must keep internet traffic local – C-Squared CTO

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The major subsea cable outage that disrupted internet services across West Africa exposed deeper weaknesses in the region’s digital infrastructure resilience, Samuel Yeboah, Group Chief Technical Officer of C-Squared, reflected…

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Hedging the Red Sea: Orange’s ViaTunisia establishes critical subsea route diversity

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French telecom major Orange has officially activated ViaTunisia, a 1,050-kilometer subsea cable connecting Marseille, France, to Bizerte, Tunisia. This deployment marks the first operational segment of AFR-IX Telecom’s larger 8,760-kilometer…

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In Africa’s digital infrastructure race, Rack Centre is betting on delivery over hype

In a market often driven by announcements, projections, and speculative hyperscaler narratives, Rack Centre is positioning itself differently: execution first. The company argues that credibility in Africa’s digital infrastructure market…

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