OAfabric Set to Tackle Interconnection Challenges in Nigeria, DRC 

Emma Okonji

Open Access Data Centres (OADC), Africa’s fastest growing open-access and carrier-neutral data centre operator, at the weekend in  Lagos, announced that its Open Access Fabric (OAfabric) platform is now live and operational in both Nigeria (OADC Lagos) and the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC (OADC Texaf – Kinshasa), providing businesses with the ability to overcome the structural barriers that have long held back digital transformation across the region.

The Chief Executive Officer of OADC, Dr. Ayotunde Coker, who announced the live operation of OA fabric, identified the interconnection challenges faced by the region for several years, to include: Limited access to international and local content; High internet transit costs; Latency and inconsistent network performance; Gaps in local infrastructure such as colocation space, power and cooling; Costly compute environments, bandwidth and cloud services; and Security, data sovereignty and regulatory complexity. He however said OAfabric would address the identified challenges by reducing latency and operational expenditure of organisations. 

According to him, OAfabric’s next-generation, open-access and collaborative digital platform is purpose-built to solve the challenges. Instead of just adding more infrastructure, it transforms how businesses, cloud platforms and content providers interconnect. It simplifies and accelerates digital exchange by removing the complexity, delays and fragmentation that have long hindered growth.