Leading African carrier-scale network infrastructure provider WIOCC has confirmed putting in place restoration services on the Equiano cable for its major ISP and IP Transit provider clients affected by the ongoing west coast subsea cable outages. Due to a probable rock fall in the Congo Canyon, the WACS, SAT-3 and ACE subsea cables have been […]

Master Services Agreement Has Laser Light Contracting with WIOCC for Undersea Cables and Support Services with WIOCC Contracting with Laser Light for Global Connectivity. Laser Light – WIOCC Partnership Will Bring Much Needed Next-Generation Network Capacity To Africa. Reston, VA, USA / Ebene, Cybercity, Mauritius July 13, 2023 – Laser Light Companies and WIOCC, Africa’s […]

WIOCC GROUP, Africa’s converged open-access digital infrastructure leader, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nolan Naidu as the new Head of Product. With an extensive background in the telecommunications industry, Nolan brings over 16 years of experience and a proven track record in product and project management, business planning and analysis, and IT strategy. […]

WIOCC Group, Africa’s converged open-access digital infrastructure leader, has brought in experienced senior connectivity and data services professional Mohammed Bouhelal to establish its presence in the DRC – an important new market for the company, with the potential to become one of the fastest-growing digital economies on the African continent. To read the press release, […]

Africa’s converged open-access digital infrastructure leader, WIOCC Group, parent company of award-winning and fast-growing data centre company Open Access Data Centres (OADC), and WIOCC, Africa’s digital hyperscale carrier, has doubled its marketing and communications team to support the Group’s expanding international, regional and national client base. The introduction of a number of experienced senior recruits into […]

During this year’s SubOptic event, Isabelle Paradis from Hot Telecom interviewed Nikki Popoola, Director, Sales West Africa. Nikki discussed the significant progress Africa has made in developing subsea cables, as well as the WIOCC Group’s efforts to digitise the continent. Nikki also highlighted the challenges faced by operators in accessing reliable and affordable connectivity services. […]

Wholesale international capacity demands continue to grow, from tens of Megabits per second (Mbps) per circuit to multi-100 Gigabits per second (Gbps) – on multiple routes for resilience. This is driven by African consumers’ needs to reach cloud-based content and the global cloud community migrating its content into Africa to optimise end-user experience. WIOCC is […]

Chris Wood, Group CEO, WIOCC, recently shared important insights in an interview published in the African Wireless Communications Yearbook 2022 on subsea fibre and WIOCC’s investments in major international subsea systems serving Africa. To read the full interview click, here

The arrival of  the transformational 2Africa subsea cable will more than double South Africa’s total subsea capacity inventory and help accelerate growth of the country’s digital economy. To read the press release Click here

LONDON, UK, 10 November 2022 – EXA Infrastructure, the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platform connecting Europe and North America, and WIOCC Group, Africa’s leading provider of converged open access digital infrastructure, today announced the signing of a deal for capacity on a new terrestrial transport route interconnecting Africa and Europe. The deal comes hot on […]