The business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, will leverage subsequent disbursements from DFC to broaden its data centres footprint in other DFC-eligible African countries.<\/p>\n
ADC is executing an ambitious plan to build data centres in ten of Africa\u2019s largest economic capitals, including Abidjan, Accra, Lagos, Cairo, and Casablanca. And to existing data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town, further cementing ADC\u2019s position as Africa\u2019s largest operator of a pan-African network of interconnected carrier-neutral data centres.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the expansion of the data centre operations in South Africa, Tesh Durvasula, CEO of Africa Data Centre, said, \u201cThe increasing demand for cloud and other digital technologies on the continent has directly increased the demand for African data to reside within the continent. This means Africa needs more data centres. We are pleased that our data centre expansion programme in South Africa funded by DFC will cater to the growing demand in the country\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis investment by DFC follows our recent announcement of the USD 50 million investment by C5 Capital into Cassava Technologies and a partnership to build Cyber Security Operations Centres across six markets in Africa. Through these investments, Cassava Technologies is building Africa\u2019s digital infrastructure to enable accelerated economic development and ensure a digitally connected future that leaves no African behind,\u201d said Hardy Pemhiwa, President & CEO of Cassava Technologies.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfrica has unrealised economic potential that will be unlocked by this investment from DFC. We look forward to working closely with DFC to overcome Africa\u2019s digital infrastructure deficit and accelerate the adoption of cloud services and digital applications across all industries, further making the continent a competitive destination for international investment,\u201d concluded Pemhiwa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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