EP23: Connectivity in Africa: data centers, networks, subsea cables

In this episode, Mattias Fridström is meeting with Funke Opeke, founder and CEO of MainOne, the leading provider of telecom services and network solutions for businesses in West Africa. With its 7,000km subsea cable system, including landing stations in Nigeria, Ghana and Portugal, and its growing metropolitan infrastructure and data center ecosystem, MainOne is uniquely positioned to accelerate the development of digital infrastructure in the region. In April 2022, Equinix announced that it’s entering Africa by closing the acquisition of MainOne.

Learn about: 

• The story of MainOne
• Challenges of running a data center and a network in Africa
• The building on MainOne’s subsea cable to Europe some 15 years ago
• Status of the African market: data centers, connectivity on land, international sea cables