LAGOS, NIGERIA, 4 February 2021 – AFR-IX, the global Internet Service Provider with service coverage in over 50 countries in Africa, delivering Internet and data services to Enterprises, International Carriers and Telecommunication Operators and the largest Pan Africa Network has established its major Point of Presence (POP) in Rack Centre, West Africa’s leading carrier-neutral Tier III data centre.
AFR-IX telecom group ranked at Number 344 in the Financial Times 1000 and recognised in the 2020 annual list of Europe’s fastest-growing companies.
Mr Norman Albi, Founder and Chief Executive, said the recognition had helped the company build trust in markets worldwide, especially in Africa.
“We offer an international high quality and personalised Internet and data services to corporates and telecommunications in the African continent and our extensive Pan African Network covered with terrestrial and submarine cables makes AFR-IX one of the leading Telecom operating service providers in Africa, and the most reliable and largest metro-Ethernet network with Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS).”
Mr Albi commented on Nigeria as a strategic location for AFR-IX; “we needed a top-notch carrier-neutral data centre facility for our services and connectivity solutions.
Rack Centre satisfied our requirements for providing world-class Tier III certified data centre and data centre interconnection to our clients, especially in the West Africa subregion.”
Dr Ayotunde Coker, Managing Director of Rack Centre, said it was a “delight welcoming AFR-IX to the array of local and global clients hosting in Rack Centre carrier-neutral data centre. We will do our utmost as we do with all our clients to deliver outstanding services for AFR-IX to serve its customers in Africa and beyond.
Since its inception in 2013 Rack Centre has maintained a 100 per cent uptime and offers its customers, open access and uncapped interconnect capacities.
Its non-affiliation with any telecommunications carrier or Internet Service Providers unlocks access to multiple connectivity providers- over 40 carriers, ISPs and content distribution networks to choose from.”
Rack Centre recently announced a 100 Million USD expansion plan, as part of the 250 Million USD that Actis, the UK based equity firm set aside for data centre investments in Africa.
Actis recently took a majority stake in Rack Centre. The investment said Dr Coker has immensely impacted and reinforced Rack Centre’s global brand and enables its rapid expansion to realise the market potential for high-quality data centres in the region.
About Rack Centre
Founded in 2012, Rack Centre is the only carrier-neutral Tier III Constructed Facility Certified data centre in Africa and focuses solely on providing best in class data centre colocation services and unrestricted interconnect between carriers and customers.
This gives customers a technically superior, physically more secure and lower-cost environment for their information systems.
Rack Centre’s carrier neutrality allows customers to manage traffic to get better value, lower latency and higher resilience and creates an open market for partnerships between customers, networks, cloud and content providers, the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria and managed service providers.
Rack Centre clients include 40 telecommunication carriers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), global Tier 1 networks and pan Africa international carriers, including direct connection to all 5 undersea cables serving the South Atlantic Coast of Africa and every country on the Atlantic coast of Africa.
For more information on Rack Centre:
Ejieke Ezeadiugwu
T : +234 809 038 1304
E : ejieke.ezeadiugwu@rack-centre.com
About AFR-IX
AFR-IX telecom is a licensed telecommunication operator that delivers Data, MPLS, SDN and advanced Managed solutions in Africa to Corporates, International Carriers and Telecommunication Operators in Africa.
AFR-IX Telecom already Holder of licenses in Spain (CNMC electronic and submarine), Portugal (Anacom), USA (FCC), Nigeria (NCC), Ghana (NCC), DRC (ART), Mali (ARCEP), Burkina Faso (ARCEP), Sierra Leone (NATCOM), Cameroun (ART), and it’s in the process of getting more in the coming months.
By integrating operations, managed services and strategy, its pioneering methodology allows the set-up of a complete IT infrastructure to all entities based on the continent.
AFR-IX telecom has the most reliable and largest Metro Ethernet Pan African Network and offers a global coverage service in Africa.
Thanks to its more than 50 POPs in Africa, Europe and America, AFR-IX provides reliable and resilient connectivity with countries connected by subsea and terrestrial cables.
Committed to delivering the best services, AFR-IX telecom integrates the forces that profile the future of the telecom industry and the surrounding societies.
AFR-IX Press Enquiries: marketing@afr-ix.com
