Minkels Magazine 23 22 HOW IS THE AFRICAN DATA CENTRE MARKET DEVELOPING? “ The African data centre market is growing rapidly, largely driven by increased adoption of ICT, availability of fibre infrastructure to provide high speed connectivity, and an upsurge in mobile broadband. The African data centre market currently boasts over 42 data centres; South Africa is leading the continent with 19 data centres, and an estimated 100,000 sq.m. of floor space as of 2014, followed by Mauritius, Nigeria, Morocco and Kenya. With increased infrastructure development in the region, data centre growth on the continent over the next five to ten years will be a cumulative 100 per cent, with South Africa in the vanguard, and Nigeria coming closely behind. Our current focus is the larg

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