Liquid Intelligent Technologies and the Zambian government have agreed to work together to expand the availability of low-cost internet connections throughout Zambia.
The people of Zambia will soon have access to a brand-new data centre. This comes as a result of an agreement that was reached by the government of the country stating that Liquid Intelligent Technologies will construct one within the country.
The deal is a component of a larger effort to hasten the digital transformation of the country and to make secure internet connectivity available at prices that are affordable to all Zambians.
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In addition, the data centre will hopefully fulfil the ever-increasing requirements for the hosting of data that are being placed by regional enterprises.
As a result of the cooperation, Liquid Intelligent Technologies will expand its fibre networks in order to connect additional towns across Zambia, including hospitals, schools, and clinics.
According to a statement released by the company, Liquid will also work with the government to deliver private and public cloud computing services, as well as cyber security solutions, in order to facilitate the digitization of government services.
Cassava Technologies President and Group CEO Hardy Pemhiwa stated, “We recognise the significant efforts that the Zambian government is making to accelerate the country’s digital transformation and share President Hakainde Hichilema’s vision for the development of Zambia’s digital economy.” “We recognise the significant efforts that the Zambian government is making to accelerate the country’s digital transformation.”
The investment made by Liquid in the nation comes at a time when numerous countries across Africa are witnessing a rise in the number of data centres that they operate.
The first open-access, carrier-neutral data centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is scheduled to become active in the second quarter of 2023, according to an announcement made by Open Access Data Centres (OADC) in February 2023.
With the beginning of construction on its first Tier III carrier-neutral data centre in the DRC in September 2022, Raxio Group made this announcement shortly thereafter.
The facility in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a part of the wider portfolio of data centres on the African continent that the Raxio Group operates. Other locations on the continent include Uganda, Ethiopia, Mozambique, the Ivory Coast, Tanzania, and Angola.
In the meantime, Africa Data Centres has formed a partnership with the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) to create an agreement that will, in September 2022, provide Nigerians with improved connectivity and reduce the amount of money they spend on bandwidth.
Also, the company announced cooperation with INX-ZA to provide customers in South Africa with remote peering.
Prior Events
This announcement came after previous expansions in Johannesburg and Accra, and it comes as Africa Data Centres cranks up its African development. Further data centre projects are expected to be constructed in some of Africa’s largest cities, such as Abidjan, Lagos, Cairo, and Casablanca.
The corporation that operates data centres began construction on new facilities in Nairobi, Kenya and Cape Town, South Africa, in January of 2023.
The fact that Liquid intends to construct a data centre in Zambia may hasten the process of digital transformation while also providing Zambians with access that is both dependable and inexpensive.
By the beginning of the year 2023, there were 4.3 million people using the internet in Zambia, but the country’s Internet penetration rate was only 21.2%. These statistics come from Data reporting.
In addition, the research firm found that Zambia had 2.7 million people using social media in January 2023, which corresponds to 13.3% of the country’s total population. By the beginning of the year 2023, Zambia had over 16 million active cellular mobile connections, which was equivalent to 80.6% of the country’s total population.
The current collaboration between Liquid Intelligent Technologies and the Zambian government would make access to the internet cheaper for Zambians.