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South Africa joins ASTRON and IBM to build the foundation for a new era of computing
Square Kilometer Array South Africa, a business unit of the country’s National Research Foundation is joining ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, and IBM in a four-year collaboration to research extremely fast, but low-power exascale computer systems aimed at developing...
DGCXs signs colocation services agreement with Emaar Technologies
Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange announced that it has signed a colocation services agreement with Emaar Technologies, a subsidiary of Emaar Properties. Under the agreement, Emaar Technologies will provide DGCX with secure data centre space to...
Ghana's John Mahama launches Hope City project
Ghana's President John Mahama has launched a project to build a US$10 billion IT hub near the capital, Accra, within three years. Dubbed Hope City, it will have Africa's tallest building, at a height of 270m an investor says. It will be built on empty land and will employ about 50,000 people and...
BCX wins big in public sector
ICT group Business Connexion has secured a five year IT Outsource deal with the Department of Water Affairs. The value of the contract is R420 million excluding any projects and CPI, making it one of the largest IT Outsource deals at Business Connexion, the...
Djibouti Data Center launches data centre in East Africa
The Djibouti Data Center has announced the launch of its commercial operations in Djibouti City. The Djibouti Data Center leverages Djibouti’s strategic position in East Africa as the major meeting point for undersea fiber optic cable systems...
du extends data centre deal with Injazat Data Systems
As part of efforts to fortify its technical capabilities, du, a major player in the UAE’s telecommunications space, has announced that it has recently extended its major managed colocation services contract with Injazat Data Systems for...
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