ICT infrastructure a barrier to data centre adoption in Africa
To help Africa realise the benefits of the data economy, more data centres in the region are urgently needed. However, building data centres starts with enabling access to the ICT infrastructure and ecosystems, and there are several barriers Africa faces. All of the big trends that are shaping economies today, from cloud data centres, smart […]
Liquid Telecom to invest in Egyptian network infrastructure and data centres
Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has announced that it is investing 8 billion Egyptian Pounds ($400m US Dollars) in Egypt over the next three years. This is part of a major partnership with Telecom Egypt which includes network infrastructure and data centres. The investment announced at the Africa 2018 Forum was made during a signing ceremony […]
Africa Data Centres CEO Stephane Duproz elected as Vice President of new association for African data centres
Stephane Duproz, CEO of Africa Data Centres (ADC), part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has been elected as Vice President of Africa Data Center Association; a new membership organisation dedicated to driving awareness of the data centre industry in Africa. Africa Data Center Association was officially launched last week at DataCloud Africa […]
Liquid Telecom appoints Stephane Duproz to head Africa Data Centres
Africa Data Centres (ADC) has named Stephane Duproz as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. Part of the Liquid Telecom Group, ADC was launched in 2018 to address the growing demand for cloud storage and data centre services in Africa. Stephane will oversee the commercial and operational development of ADC’s four existing data […]