• African Capital Alliance
• International Finance Corporation
• BoFiNet, Botswana
• ONATEL, Burundi
• Djibouti Telecom, Djibouti
• Telkom, Kenya
• Lesotho Communications Authority, Lesotho
• TMCEL, Mozambique
• Dalkom Somalia, Somalia
• Zantel, Tanzania
• Uganda Telecom, Uganda
• TelOne, Zimbabwe

WIOCC’s close relationship with its shareholders offers clients a number of unique benefits:

• extended reach: WIOCC’s shareholder and partner networks interconnect over 1,000 locations across 30+ African countries using more than 75,000km of terrestrial fibre-optic network
• seamless operations: WIOCC and its shareholders have integrated their operational processes – from solution design to in-service management – enabling the provision of truly seamless, end-to-end managed services across Africa
• tailored solutions: WIOCC’s close commercial relationship with its shareholders facilitate the bundling of last mile, backhaul and international access into customised technical & commercial solutions
• making things happen: WIOCC’s executive-level relationships with its shareholders ensure that, when necessary, things can get done quickly
• market knowledge: through the shareholders, WIOCC clients are able to access expert in-country resources and knowledge

WIOCC creates partnerships with its clients to deliver the seamless, high-capacity connectivity they require to Africa, within Africa and from Africa to the rest of the world. Operating exclusively as a wholesaler, it enhances its clients’ offerings to the market through its unique footprint, options for diversity, technical and commercial flexibility and competitive pricing. WIOCC’s coverage is unmatched, extending to over 1,000 locations in 30 African countries and many more locations globally. Its investments in key submarine systems and access to the largest terrestrial fibre footprint in sub-Saharan Africa underpin its ability to deliver high-performance, reliable, end-to-end connectivity between Africa and the rest of the world. It offers a range of diversity options that enable the most demanding of requirements to be met.

WIOCC understands the ongoing needs of cloud operators, content providers, fixed and mobile telcos, ISPs and other operators, creating the two-way dialogue and long-term relationships required to successfully tailor individual client solutions. It also offers the simple, flexible commercial terms, competitive pricing and excellent support demanded by such organisations.

WIOCC’s clients are African and international fixed-line and mobile operators, internet service providers, wireless internet service providers, infrastructure providers, cloud operators, content providers and governments.

WIOCC’s unique African network takes advantage of a comprehensive terrestrial footprint – over 75,000km of fibre-optic network – and over 200,000km of subsea systems, much of it owned by WIOCC shareholders. This network provides access to more than 1,000 locations in 30 African countries.

WIOCC’s international network extends to major global financial and communications hubs, where WIOCC also supports interconnection at major international internet exchanges and data centres.

WIOCC has invested in the WACS, EIG and SMW5 cables. This is to give its clients access to a seamless high-capacity ‘ring’ around Africa, providing valuable east+west coast diversity between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. Its investments in AAE-1, TE North and SMW5 add much-needed diversity through the Red Sea and to Europe. These strategic investments have enabled WIOCC to offer highly-scalable and very high-capacity east+west coast diversity solutions, and to extend the reach of its seamless regional and international services to more African countries. Most recently, it has invested in the Equiano (Google) subsea cable – a new high-capacity connection between Africa and Europe – and 2Africa (Facebook/Meta) subsea cable, that will connect Africa with Europe and Asia.

WIOCC now has the ability to offer carriers, ISPs, WISPs, cloud operators and content providers higher levels of redundancy at more affordable prices and to deliver reliable, high-speed connectivity all around Africa.

WIOCC’s investment in WACS, the West African Cable System, gives it the ability to offer connectivity to each of the 15 WACS landing stations including Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, DRC, Congo Brazzaville and Cameroon. Our most recent investment in the region is in the state-of-the-art Equiano (Google) subsea cable, with WIOCC chosen as Google’s landing partner in Lagos.  Equiano will become a critical element in meeting Nigeria’s current and future international connectivity demands, establishing a valuable new high-capacity connection between the African continent and Europe.

WIOCC has invested in its own fibre infrastructure in Nigeria, linking the main data centres in Lagos and Abuja to the Equiano, WACS and SAT3 cable landing stations on the coast, and in alternative subsea capacity for delivery of protected solutions. Further to this, WIOCC is establishing relationships with in-country carriers in other parts of West Africa to offer its clients backhaul and last-mile delivery.

Technical and commercial flexibility: WIOCC works in partnership with clients to understand their overall requirements and implement solutions to match. It can structure purchases that suit clients’ needs, including ‘lease to IRU’ conversions and ‘pay as you grow’ options.

WIOCC’s one-stop-shop, end-to-end managed services: giving clients a single point of contact for all aspects of service delivery from solution design to ordering, provisioning, billing and ongoing management. This minimises the overheads, delays and complexities typically experienced when working through multiple suppliers to procure international connectivity.

WIOCC Client Champions: a 24/7 support capability staffed by WIOCC’s internationally-experienced technical and operations professionals.

WIOCC has invested in capacity on many of the submarine cable systems landing in Africa – including AAE1, EASSy, EIG, SMW5, TE North, TNGWER and WACS. Most recently, it has invested in the Equiano (Google) subsea cable – a new high-capacity connection between Africa and Europe – and 2Africa, the Facebook/Meta subsea cable, that will connect Africa with Europe and Asia.

With both its comprehensive subsea and terrestrial reach, WIOCC is able design solutions tailored to each client’s specific requirements for capacity, diversity, low latency, etc. In the case of EASSy, EIG, SMW5, TE North and WACS, WIOCC has made strategic investments to secure large amounts of capacity at extremely competitive prices.