Digital Parks Africa expands into Nigeria, plans data center in Lagos
Company's existing facility wins deals to host Bull and Nvidia hardware
News - Africa
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
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Heca Data plans integrated zone for hyperscale data centers in Egypt
A delegation led by the data center developer’s CEO “voiced interest” in strengthening cooperation with the Egyptian government
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Ivory Coast targets launch of first state-owned data center in 2027
Will be backed by US Export-Import Bank
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Digital Realty launches 6.4MW data center in Nairobi, Kenya
While iColo joins Digital Realty brand
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WIOCC secures $300m to fuel pan-African infrastructure build-out
Secures funds from Africa Finance Corporation and Vision Invest
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Canalink lands Base4 subsea cable in Lanzarote
The operation is part of the Atlántica project to strengthen the archipelago's telecoms infrastructure
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Orange plans subsea cable linking Réunion Island and South Africa
French territory getting connectivity upgrade with existing SAFE cable approaching end of life
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MTN forms data center partnership with unnamed investor
Pan-African telco said to be targeting more than 150MW of new capacity in first phase
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Cell C launches 5G network in South Africa
The operator has quietly launched its 5G network
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Nigeria's Danfodiyo University data center damaged in storm
Equipment damaged and network services disrupted
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Nigerian gov't prepares to deploy 3,700 cell towers from October
Aims to improve connectivity for more than 20 million Nigerians
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South African utility Eskom courts hyperscalers as it seeks offtakers for excess energy - report
Reportedly in discussion with the world's biggest tech companies
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Ethio Telecom expands renewable-powered telecoms infrastructure
Plants 250,000 trees as part of environmental progra
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Rwandan gov't sets out 3G retirement date for June 2027
As 2G is set to follow by December 2028
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Mozambique's cloud provider Bubble to operate with two availability zones
Aims to provide greater redundancy
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Income to invest $280m in data center near Alexandria, Egypt
The project is expected to take three years
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Sonatel deploys OneWeb ground station in Senegal
As Bell Canada deploys AST SpaceMobile ground station in Québec
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Approval for rezoning given to pair of proposed Equinix data centers in Cape Town, South Africa
But proposal faces mounting opposition
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African data center operator Raxio to enter Tanzania this year
Facility will offer 6MW of capacity
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MTN Uganda blames power disruption at data center for major outage on Sunday
As telco apologizes for the downtime
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Airtel Africa secures $150m loan from IFC for network modernization upgrades
Will support two of Airtel's African subsidiaries
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Vodacom finalizes $2.1bn deal to snap up additional 20% stake in Kenya's Safaricom
As the South African pushes to expand East Africa presence with controlling stake
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Cameroon's ST Digital opens data center in Gabon
Operational after breaking ground last August
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Amazon signs 1.95 million carbon removal deal in South Africa
Will support spekboom planting project in the Eastern Cape
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Google plans "connectivity hub" in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Will be the first of four hubs in Africa
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Egypt greenlights license for $400m data center expansion
The initiative backs the country’s strategy for data centers and cloud computing
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Thieves steal eight batteries from cell towers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Thefts took place across two different tower sites 24 hours apart
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Bharti Airtel shareholders vote in favor to increase Airtel Africa stake
Shareholders unanimous in their approval