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Investing in Africa's digital economy since 2008

“Our sustained investment in Africa’s first truly open-access interconnected digital ecosystem ensures continuous growth and readiness to meet the evolving demands of our clients across the continent.”

Chris Wood

WIOCC Group, CEO

Innovative

Never afraid of disrupting the status quo and operating in new and original ways to support clients’ business decision making and help them develop and expand their businesses across the continent.

Leading Edge

At the forefront of investing in new technologies and methodologies to help clients grow their businesses.

Client Centric

Putting clients’ interests at the heart of the way we operate and the way we think.

Tailored Offerings

Understanding that clients are all individuals and that finding bespoke solutions for each client in delivering our goal of building long-term relationships. That is why we always refer to clients and not customers.

Continual Investment

A policy of maintaining a programme of investing in our infrastructure, our people and in Africa.

Pan-African

Committed to Africa, with unique local skills and knowledge of how to expand business across the continent.

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Investment in digital infrastructure assets
15 +
African countries and international reach, powered by an extensive critical infrastructure network delivering solution-based connectivity
> 200
Employees operating in 15 countries
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Subsea systems and 150Tbps subsea capacity
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Terrestrial fibre infrastructure
0
OADC core data centres in Nigeria, South Africa and the DRC
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OADC edge data centres in South Africa
> 0 MW
Capacity built across OADC facilities

Group Key Milestones

..........02007 - 2010

WIOCC: US$81 million of financing secured (debt and equity)

WIOCC becomes the largest investor in EASSy

First non-shareholder service is activated

2011 -2015

Integration of shareholder networks to provide end-to-end services from Africa to Europe

IP Connectivity and Metro services added

First subsidiary company registered in South Africa Data Centre strategy presented to the Board (2014)

IP Connectivity and Metro services added

2016 - 2020

Metro networks in Johannesburg (40 PoPs) and Lagos (10 PoPs)

Terrestrial fibre extends to 100 cities in 29 countries

South Africa, Nigeria and Zambia national networks

Capital raise approved to facilitate network expansion and
Data Centre market entry (2018)

US$120 million debt facility signed with Proparco-EAAIF-IFC contingent on securing new equity

2021 - 2022

ACA and IFC become shareholders and raise US$200 million in financing (debt and equity)

WIOCC lands Google's Equiano cable in Lagos
OADC Lagos (Lekki) goes live

OADC Durban (Amanzimtoti) completed

OADC Isando (Johannesburg) goes live

OADC rolls out Africa's first, large-scale, open-access, edge data
centre proposition

2023 - 2024

WIOCC is the first to light its fibre pair on Equiano

WIOCC lands 2Africa East in Amanzimtoti (Durban)

OADC and TEXAF JV (OADC TEXAF - Kinshasa)

OATS launched - awarded 2Africa NOC

OADC Cape Town 1 (Rondebosch) goes live

2Africa fibre pair activated and first clients

Open Access Metro (FTTx) launches in Nigeria

OADC Kinshasa goes live
US$50 million new debt facility with Proparco-IFC-RMB

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