M APPING THE GROWTH OF AFRICA’S

DATA CENTERAND CLOUD ECOSYSTEM

Phil Collerton
Chief Revenue Officer
July 2018

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AFRICA: OPPORTUNITIES

▪ Fastest growing population

▪ Youngest population +2.5B people
▪ GDP growth rate in cities by
▪ High mobile penetration 2050 of
▪ Little legacy infrastructure
▪ Leap frog to digital for services
which 1B in
▪ Fast adoption of new services Africa
Source: United Nations DESA
 AFRICA REGIONALOVERVIEW
▪ The cons umer-driven s ectors of Africa’s economy (telecom, banking, retailing) are
growing 2-3 times fas ter than thos e in OECD regions

▪ The African data center market in in the ons et of a phas e of accelerated growth
driven by factors ranging from ris ing demand for cloud and s erver virtualization
s ervices to booming media content markets , regulatory pres s ures to 'repatriate'
hos ting of African content, and s ubs tantially improved metro fiber infras tructure

▪ The World Bank es timates that Information and communications technology has
directly contributed 7% to Africa’s GDP in the las t 5 years – higher than global
average

▪ Increas ed activities by telcos in the region following s ub s ea cable routes is

expected to open up additional markets in the next 2-5 years .

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 2018 DC FOOTPRINT

Country Enterprise Colo Cloud Country CAGR

South Africa 13637127 492427 1252646 Mauritius 6.66%
Nigeria 854534 30913 79195 Cameroon 6.66%
Cameroon 482099 17596 49870 Yemen, Rep. 6.64%
Rwanda 438992 16066 43736 Rwanda 6.58%
Morocco 408105 14451 28708 Nigeria 6.53%
Tunisia 314664 50047 22277 South Africa 6.53%
Mozambique 6.51%
Mauritius 307151 11212 31865
Botswana 6.46%
Kenya 253987 9090 21209
Kenya 6.44%
Mozambique 221613 7988 19939
Ghana 6.37%
Ghana 160506 5746 12702 Uganda 6.07%
Malawi 141837 5016 5673 Tanzania 5.90%
Tanzania 139697 4952 6699 Malawi 5.78%
Botswana 102544 3697 8899
Uganda 71817 2517 3888

*Graphic excludes South Africa

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CONNECTIVITY
Where Cloud Fits
Phil Collerton
Chief Revenue Officer
Uptime Institute EMEA
pcollerton@uptimieinstitute.com

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