Hyperscale data centre operator Teraco has concluded the expansion project at its DB1 facility in KwaZulu-Natal, in eastern South Africa. The facility is located in Durban, the country’s third largest city with a population of over three million people, and has direct access to the Seacom, EASSy, MÉTISS, and soon-to-be-deployed 2Africa cable systems that connect the east...

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) has appointed Sandile Dube as its Managing Director in South Africa. In his new role, Sandile will work closely with both local businesses and multinational companies to establish an interconnection platform in Equinix’s new JN1 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Johannesburg. Scheduled for a mid-2024 launch, the new IBX d...

African Ministers of Communications and Digital Technologies, together with the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), have committed to working together to promote the development of a robust and intelligent digital infrastructure across the continent. At the Ministerial Forum on Building a Future-Oriented, Digital Infrastructure for Africa, held in Cape Town, South Afric...