Ethiopia: Safaricom to expand footprint in Ethiopia
Sep 26, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn
Safaricom is to build a new data center outside Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, it has been announced. This comes following the signing of a developed land sublease agreement with Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) to build a new Tier-III quality ‘telco-cloud data center’. The facility will be built in the company’s ICT Park, close to Addis Ababa’s Bole international airport.
The ICT park, which spans 200-hectares , began operations back in 2015, and reportedly specializes in IT manufacturing, business process outsourcing, and IT enabled service. Since its opening, six office buildings have been added, as well as available service land.
Commenting on this development, Anwar Sousa, CEO of Safaricom Ethiopia, said: “We are excited to establish this win-win partnership with IPDC which will allow us to build our third data center in Ethiopia since Safaricom Ethiopia was awarded the unified telecommunications service license in July 2021. Further to this, the company has outlined that the facility will “help improve the availability of latest technologies mainly in the industrial parks to support the digitalisation process, improving efficiency, transparency and productivity.”
Sandokan Debebe, CEO of IPDC, added: “The construction of a modern data centre within the ICT Park complements the park’s technological theme and ensures that IPDC enjoys reliable connectivity across all parks and digital spaces.”
The ICT park, which spans 200-hectares , began operations back in 2015, and reportedly specializes in IT manufacturing, business process outsourcing, and IT enabled service. Since its opening, six office buildings have been added, as well as available service land.
Commenting on this development, Anwar Sousa, CEO of Safaricom Ethiopia, said: “We are excited to establish this win-win partnership with IPDC which will allow us to build our third data center in Ethiopia since Safaricom Ethiopia was awarded the unified telecommunications service license in July 2021. Further to this, the company has outlined that the facility will “help improve the availability of latest technologies mainly in the industrial parks to support the digitalisation process, improving efficiency, transparency and productivity.”
Sandokan Debebe, CEO of IPDC, added: “The construction of a modern data centre within the ICT Park complements the park’s technological theme and ensures that IPDC enjoys reliable connectivity across all parks and digital spaces.”
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