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“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
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.
At the forefront of investing in new technologies and methodologies to help clients grow their businesses.
Putting clients’ interests at the heart of the way we operate and the way we think.
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.
A policy of maintaining a programme of investing in our infrastructure, our people and in Africa.
Committed to Africa, with unique local skills and knowledge of how to expand business across the continent.
WIOCC: US$81 million of financing secured (debt and equity)
WIOCC becomes the largest investor in EASSy
First non-shareholder service is activated
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
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
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
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
Investment in Africa’s digital infrastructure and commitment to corporate social responsibility.