RAXIO Data Centre Unveiled

Uganda’s digital economy is set to get a major boost following the unveiling of Raxio Data Centre, which has nine new local fibre carriers signed on at the Namanve-based carrier-neutral facility.

These nine local fibre carriers are: Africell Uganda Limited, Airtel Uganda, Bandwidth and Cloud Services Group (BCS Group), Csquared, Liquid Telecom, MTN Uganda, National Information Technology AuthorityUganda (NITA-U), Roke Telkom and Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL). Speaking at the unveiling, the General Manager of Raxio Data Centre Mr. James Byaruhanga stated that this move would see customers enjoy the benefits of a carrier neutral data centre.

Mobile Operators Bolster the COVID-19 Fight

As COVID-19 continues to change the global landscape, GSMA has lauded the Sub-Saharan Africa mobile network operators’ efforts in supporting governments within the region to contain the spread of the virus.

According to GSMA’s Head of SubSaharan Africa, Akinwale Goodluck, the response to the crisis situation by mobile network operators along with stakeholders such as Huawei Technologies as well as NGOs, and academics in ensuring connectivity keeps people informed has given credence to digital mobile services and hope in utilizing it to contribute services purposed to contain the pandemic.