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MainOne plans to expand

ABOUT MAINONE its data centre business, MDXi, into new MainOne, the premier connectivity and data centre solutions company in , blazed a trail in Africa with the construction of West Africa’s largest Tier III+ Data centre, MDXi. MainOne’s data centre is the premier carrier-neutral co-location facility in West Africa because it is the only data centre to have attained PCI DSS, ISO 27001 and ISO 9001, territories across West Africa and the SAP certification for Infrastructure Services for SAP® solutions.

Leading connectivity and data centre DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF WEST interconnection and cloud services and CERTIFICATION AFRICA has been dubbed the region’s Telehouse, MainOne’s data centre is the only solutions provider in West Africa, Affirming the company’s commitment due to its status as most connected facility certified in West Africa to to the digital transformation of West data centre, proven competence to process payment card information MainOne*, constructed West Africa’s Africa, Chief Executive Officer of interconnect OTTs and major network, with its Payment Card Industry MainOne, Ms. Funke Opeke, highlighted content and financial providers as Data Security certification. It was the untapped investment opportunities well as interconnections at multiple built to TIA 942 and Uptime Institute largest Tier III+ Data centre (MDXi) in the region and noted that ICT peering exchanges in , Ghana, Tier III Standards and also has ISO infrastructure investments will support Amsterdam, and London. 27001 and 9001 certifications. in 2015. Just recently, MainOne rapid technology proliferation. “Given the size of its markets and status as home announced the second phase of the of some of Africa’s biggest economies, West Africa has a vantage opportunity project! Minkels Magazine spoke to to adopt infrastructure development to scale up its industrialisation. Targeted Ms. Funke Opeke (CEO) about the investments in the region will bridge the gap for digital infrastructure and current developments. address the increasing reliance on data collection.”

LARGEST TIER III FACILITY EXPANSION MainOne’s data centre subsidiary, ainOne has announced plans MDXi built the region’s largest Tier III to expand its data centre facility in 2015 for $35m and recently Mbusiness, MDXi, into new commenced the second phase of the territories across West Africa with a project, investing an additional $8m target to build new facilities in 3 new to construct 300 additional racks in its locations including Sagamu, Nigeria; Lekki facility. Focused on developing Accra, Ghana; , Cote D’Ivoire in a data centre ecosystem spanning addition to an ongoing expansion of its facilities across West Africa, the Lekki Data Centre in , Nigeria. company will launch its new Tier III Over the next ten years, the company data centre project in Sagamu, by Q4 plans to build new Tier III data centres in 2018, Ghana in 2019 and Cote I’voire Ms. Funke Opeke, CEO MainOne each location and invest in infrastructure in 2020. MDXi is West Africa’s largest projects as part of a push to ramp up full-scale data centre provider offering technology penetration in the region. colocation, wholesale deployments,

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