Lars Johannisson named CEO of Rack Centre
West African data center operator, Rack Centre, has appointed Lars Johannisson as its new Chief Executive Officer. Johannisson replaces Dr. Ayotunde Coker, who moved to lead the Open Access Data…
ICT Minister tackles last-mile challenge with broadband alliance
The Federal Government, led by the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has finalized plans for an extensive strategy to achieve affordable internet and enhanced broadband…
IHS lures MTN Nigeria with a new offer, MTN sticks to ATC
IHS Holding, a leading tower operator, is trying to reclaim its lost deal with MTN Nigeria by offering improved terms to lease back 2,500 towers recently awarded to American Tower…
Layer3 and IXPN partner to peer Northern internet traffic
Layer3, a provider of cloud and network technology solutions, has announced its partnership with the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) to improve network performance in Abuja and Kano, ultimately…
Digital Realty’s Medallion launches second data center in Lagos
Medallion Data Center a Digital Realty company, has launched its second data center in Lagos, Nigeria, following the completion of its rebrand. The new data center, called LOS2, has an…
Label telecoms infrastructure critical national infrastructure, industry charges the government
Industry leaders at the 2023 edition of the Nigerian Peering & Interconnection Forum (ngPIF), hosted by the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) and the Nigerian Network Operators Group (NNOG)…
Improved regulation to boost Nigeria’s internet traffic by 1000% in five years, industry stakeholders say
Stakeholders in Nigeria's digital infrastructure industry have called for improved regulation to support the sector's growth, forecasting that internet traffic in the country could increase by 1000% in the next…
MTN appoints Liquid veteran to lead Centre of Excellence
MTN, one of Africa's leading telecommunications companies, has announced the appointment of David Behr as the new Chief Executive of its ICT Centre of Excellence (CoE), effective from November 1,…
Huawei partners FinTech NGR to unveil FinTech Cloud Adoption White Paper at Nigeria Fintech Week
FinTech NGR and Huawei Cloud relaunched their joint Nigerian FinTech Cloud Adoption White Paper during the Nigeria Fintech Week, in Lagos yesterday. For the Nigeria Fintech industry, this is a…
Edge computing, digital transformation, others will drive data center growth in Africa – Dr. Krishnan Ranganath, Regional Executive for West Africa, Africa Data Centres
In this interview, Africa Hyperscalers Media’s Temi Os speaks to Regional Executive for West Africa, Africa Data Centres, Dr., Krishnan Ranganath, to discuss the African data center and cloud, industry,…