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MainOne Announces Successful Repair of Submarine Cable, Restates Commitment to Powering West Africa’s Digital Ecosystem

MainOne, an Equinix Company, is pleased to announce the conclusion of repairs to its submarine cable following an outage which occurred on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Working closely with regional partners, maintenance providers, vessel owners, and permitting authorities, MainOne completed the necessary repairs to its submarine cable system, thanks to the diligent efforts of all […]

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Leading W’Africa’s Digital Transformation: MainOne Featured in OBG’s 2024 Data Centers in Africa Report

Poised for explosive growth, Africa’s data center market is projected to experience a 50% capacity increase by 2026. The 2024 Data Centres in Africa Focus Report, published by Oxford Business Group in  collaboration with the Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA) in April 2024, offers insights into the impact of data centers on Africa’s digital economy. This report delves into

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Update on Submarine Cable Outage: West Africa Remains Open for Business

MainOne worked with regional partners late last week and over the weekend to reroute traffic with restoration capacity and our observations are that we have stability on our network across the region this morning. These developments represent a significant milestone to ensure continued connectivity for the West African business community. We are actively working with

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MainOne, an Equinix Company, Hosts Africa’s Peering Community at AfPIF 2023 in Ghana; Reinforces Commitment to Internet Growth in Africa

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Accra, 30 August 2023 – MainOne reinforces its commitment to the growth of internet in Africa by successfully hosting the 12th edition of the African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) in Accra, Ghana last week. The event, co-hosted by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the African IXP Association (AFIX), drew an impressive gathering of global

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Ghana is a major interconnection hub in the making – Abayomi Adebanjo

Vice President, Regional Operations for West Africa, MainOne an Equinix Company, Abayomi Adebanjo, was interviewed in the latest Communications Africa Magazine Issue. In the interview, Adebanjo shed more light on the MainOne Ghana business and its role in stimulating the local market; MDXi Appolonia Data Center; future plans for the market and MainOne Ghana being

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MainOne, an Equinix Company’s MDXi Appolonia Achieves TCCF, Now Most Certified Data Center in Ghana

MDXi Appolonia, the data center subsidiary of MainOne, an Equinix company in Ghana, has just received its Tier III Constructed Facility certification (TCCF) from the Uptime Institute. With this new milestone, MDXi Appolonia becomes the leading data center provider in Ghana with the top 4 certifications in the industry; the Tier III Constructed Facility certification,

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Over Half of Businesses in Nigeria Planning to Expand Locally Despite Supply Chain, Cyber-Security, and Recruitment Challenges

Nigerian survey data also shows that 34% of IT decision makers in Nigeria are planning to move to a new region and 33% into a new country 58% of IT decision makers in Nigeria view a shortage of personnel with IT skills as one of the main threats to their business Equinix completed the acquisition

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MainOne, an Equinix Company, Supports Host Community in Lagos as it Renovates School

West Africa’s leading connectivity and data center solutions provider MainOne, an Equinix Company, has undertaken important improvement and renovation work at Okun Ajah Community Senior Secondary School, Eti Osa, Lagos, as this year’s recipient of its annual Corporate Social Responsibility program. The school, which is a government owned secondary school close to the Lekki Data

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Ike Nana Amoatin, Product Manager, MainOne; Emmanuel Kwarteng, Country Manager, MainOne Ghana; Charles Bonnaire, Business Development Manager, Equinix, Amsterdam; Roderick De Boer, Commercial Development Director – Africa, Equinix; Oluwasayo Oshadami, GM Technical Solutions, MainOne.

AFPIF 2022: MainOne, an Equinix Company Leads Drive for Interconnection in Africa; to Host #AfPIF2023 in Ghana

West Africa’s leading provider of Connectivity and Data Center solutions, MainOne, an Equinix Company made new strides towards interconnecting and transforming Sub-Sahara Africa at the just concluded African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF 2022), in Kigali, Rwanda. Speaking at the event, Oluwasayo Oshadami, GM Technical Solutions at MainOne, examined the internet landscape in Africa and

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Oluwasayo Oshadami (right), GM, Technical Solutions, MainOne, and International Partnership Director Onno Bos (left) of AMS-IX, signed the deal during the African Peering Forum (AfPIF) in Kigali.

AMS-IX and MDXi, an Equinix Company, Sign MOU to Launch Neutral Internet Exchange Services in Lagos

AMS-IX, one of the largest Internet Exchange operators in the world, and MainData Nigeria Limited (MDXi), an Equinix company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to operate and grow Internet Exchange services in Africa. AMS-IX will be setting up an internet exchange at MDXi, the carrier-neutral Data Center of MainOne in Lagos Nigeria. MDXi will

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