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Equinix Advances Commitment to Literacy and Digital Inclusion in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria.– December 30, 2024 – Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world’s digital infrastructure company™, has undertaken significant improvements at Akinlade Primary School, Okun-Mopo, Lagos, Nigeria, the recipient of the Company’s 2024 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The first phase, completed in November 2023, focused on fundamental improvements such as refurbishing classrooms, providing new desks and chairs […]

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AMS-IX internet exchange traffic grows 200% in Equinix’s Lagos Data Center

Lagos, Nigeria – (December 19, 2024). Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world’s digital infrastructure company™, has supported a growth in traffic of around 200%, increasing around 30Gbps to almost 100Gbps in just over a year since the implementation of its strategic partnership with AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange) in Lagos. There has also been a significant

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Equinix Appoints Wole Abu as Managing Director in West Africa to Lead the Expansion of Digital Infrastructure in West Africa

Lagos, Nigeria – November 5, 2024 – Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world’s digital infrastructure company™, has appointed Wole Abu as its Managing Director in West Africa to lead the integration and expansion of the business. In his role, Wole will oversee the Equinix business in Nigeria, Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire and will work closely

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DDoS attacks shut down Amazon, Twitter and Netflix, among others

Last Friday, Amazon, Twitter, Netflix and a huge swath of other prominent websites were shut down by a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targeted at Dynamic Network Services (Dyn) Inc, a major DNS host, which manages internet traffic. While the attacks lasted, websites of the world’s most important companies including Twitter, Reddit, Spotify,

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MainOne chooses Minkels to enhance position in West-African data center market

Minkels, part of the publicly traded company Legrand (NYSE Euronext Paris: LR), has been chosen as data center supplier for premier West African connectivity and data center solutions company, MainOne. MainOne blazed a trail in Africa with its undersea fibre optic cable connecting West Africa to Europe and the construction of West Africa’s largest commercial

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MainOne emerges exclusive internet partner at Ghana eCommerce Expo

West Africa’s leading connectivity and data center solutions company, MainOne has been chosen as the exclusive internet provider at the upcoming Ghana eCommerce Expo and Summit, a conference and exhibition that has been reputed to be the only conference and exhibition in Ghana’s growing eCommerce industry. In a partnership targeted at delivering value to the

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MainOne’s Data Center attains West Africa’s 1st SAP Outsourcing Operations Provider Certification

MainOne, the premier connectivity and data center Solutions Company, today announced that its Data Center subsidiary, MDXi is now an SAP-certified provider of Infrastructure Services for SAP® solutions. This new certification confirms the ability of the company to deliver high-quality cloud and infrastructure operations services for customers running SAP solutions and recognizes the company as

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MainOne partners with Radware to provide local DDOS protection

In light of the increase in cybercrime attacks against Nigerian enterprises, MainOne, the premier connectivity and data center solutions provider , today in Lagos, launched its Managed Security (DDoS Protection Service) in partnership with Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a global leader in cyber-security. Speaking during the launch of the solution, Chidinma Iwe, MainOne’s Chief Information Security

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MainOne clinches 2016 Microsoft Country Manager’s Partner award

Premier connectivity and data center solutions company, MainOne, has won the Microsoft Country Manager’s Partner of the Year (POY) Award for Nigeria, during the Microsoft Partner Network Awards held in Lagos recently. The company beat other nominees to clinch the award at a Gala Dinner organized to celebrate Microsoft partners that have demonstrated excellence leveraging

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MANAGED SECURITY SERVICES ENTER NIGERIAN MARKET: MAINONE PARTNERS WITH RADWARE ON ROBUST DDOS MITIGATION

MainOne, the premier connectivity and data center solutions company in West Africa, and Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions ensuring optimal service level for applications in virtual, cloud, and software defined data centers, have announced their partnership to offer service providers and enterprises an outsourced Managed Security Service.

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