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Kenya Unveils East Africa’s Largest AI-Ready Hyperscale Data Center

IXAfrica Data Centres, in partnership with Schneider Electric, has officially launched NBOX1, a cutting-edge, AI-ready hyperscale data center in Kenya. This marks a significant milestone for the region, establishing it as a hub for advanced technology and digital innovation. NBOX1, located at IXAfrica’s 4.3-acre Nairobi Campus, boasts an impressive 4.5MW of IT power and features […]

VMware Cloud on AWS Expands to Africa

VMware today announced VMware Cloud on AWS is now available in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region. With VMware Cloud on AWS, customers across Africa can run workloads across VMware vSphere-based hybrid cloud environments with optimised access to Amazon Web Services. VMware Cloud on AWS brings VMware’s enterprise-class software-defined data centre software to AWS bare […]

Africa Data Centres To Build First Data Centre In Rwanda

Africa Data Centres is building its first data centre in Kigali, Rwanda. The facility will have 2MW of IT load and will break ground in the first quarter of 2023. “It is an exciting time for Africa Data Centres,” says Tesh Durvasula, the company’s CEO. “Our decision to build a data centre in Kigali was […]

Tanzania’s Ramani announces $32M Series A

African software company, Ramani has today announced the close of its $32 million series A round of equity and debt. The Tanzanian-based company is building a cloud network of micro-distribution centers for Africa’s $1 Trillion consumer-packaged goods supply chain. The round was led by renowned global technology investors Flexcap Ventures and revered founder/CEO of Infoscout, […]

ICANN Deploys Root Server In Nairobi To Boost Internet Access

Kenyans will soon have faster access and better protection from cyberattacks after ICANN launched managed root server cluster in Nairobi. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launch in Nairobi will be the fifth globally as North America hosts two, with another in Europe and Asia. An IMRS cluster helps to improve DNS […]

26/07/2022
By Editorial Desk
Big data, Cloud Computing, Tech News, Telco

Liquid Cloud announces access to Oracle Cloud via FastConnect

Liquid Cloud has announced it will offer connectivity to Oracle Cloud through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect in South Africa. The collaboration with Oracle will allow Liquid Cloud customers to access Oracle Cloud through FastConnect using Liquid’s extensive fibre network. In addition to organisations using FastConnect via Liquid CloudConnect as a service, it will also […]

21/03/2022
By Editorial Desk
Cloud Computing, Cyber security, IOT, Tech News, Telco

Safaricom To Offer Cloud Computing, Cyber Security & IoT solutions

Safaricom on Monday announced that it is expanding its tech solutions in the areas of cloud computing, cyber security and internet of things (IoT) underpinned by IT consulting services. Besides reinforcing Safaricom’s new business strategy to become a technology company, the telco is banking on these recent efforts to enable it to play a bigger […]

06/08/2021
By Editorial Desk
Cloud Computing, Corporate, Opinion & Analysis

Hybrid Cloud: The Catalyst for Increased Financial Inclusion in Africa

Africa has made huge strides over the past decades towards financial inclusion. The digitization and simplification of money management has especially proved to be a sturdy vehicle in making headway in this regard. Yet, more work needs to be done as only 34 percent of adults in Sub-Saharan Africa have a bank account and 350 million people […]

Carol Koech is the Country President for Schneider Electric East Africa

27/07/2021
By Editorial Desk
Big data, Cloud Computing, Opinion & Analysis

Are East Africa’s Data Centres Ready for Digital Demands?

Last year was different for many obvious reasons. But one habit which hasn’t changed is our need and use of everything digital. The pandemic has accelerated our use of digital channels, both as individuals and as businesses. We’re using more streaming services, increasing our time on social media, conversing over Zoom and Teams, and using […]

SEACOM introduces SD-WAN services in Kenya for digital transformation

Pan-African ICT service provider SEACOM is expanding to bring its software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) services to Kenyan businesses. The new service is set to offer reduced connectivity costs, increased security, agility, and local support to customers. SEACOM’s experience with ICT infrastructure in Africa is extensive; the company launched Africa’s first broadband submarine cable system in […]