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  • Terragon Group plans to build Africa’s largest and unique data-powered marketing cloud ecosystem.
  • Microsoft has become a vital player in Africa’s digital transformation through several programs, partnerships, and projects.
  • Organizations such as Flutterwave, Yellow Card, and Luno inspire innovators to try new approaches to the industry.

In a move to harness the potential of the fourth industrial revolution, numerous African nations have initiated measures to embrace and incorporate new technologies into their economic landscapes.

Within this dynamic shift, Africa’s cloud ecosystem has undergone a substantial transformation in its journey towards digitalization. As African businesses increasingly migrate to digital platforms, the need for secure data storage solutions has become paramount.

In recent developments, Terragon Group, a data and marketing company at the forefront of Africa’s digital transformation, has forged a strategic alliance with Microsoft. This collaboration marks a significant milestone, as it enables Terragon Group to expand its service offerings across

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Global data centre spend was expected to reach an impressive total of $208 billion by the end of 2020.

Demand, thanks to expanding business footprints and the move to the cloud and alternative infrastructure solutions, has pushed the market into overdrive with an estimated 628 hyper scalers expected to rise by 2021.

The edge, artificial intelligence, cloud IT infrastructure investment, machine learning, and the rise of emergent technologies are shifting the data centre into high gear, and centre stage.

But what if the data centre fails? What if demand overtakes infrastructure? Downtime can incur huge costs, put an organisation’s reputation on the line, and can have unexpected knock-on ripple effects throughout the company and its infrastructure.

Therefore, it is essential to tick two particularly important boxes when investing in a robust data centre strategy – reliable power and comprehensive loadbank testing.

As data centre usage continues to rise exponentially alongside …