Kenya’s Banking Sector Faces an AI Tipping Point
September 9, 2025
Kenya’s financial sector, long admired for its role in mobile money and digital banking revolution, now finds itself on the brink of another transformation powered by artificial intelligence (AI). According to new research presented at…
IXAfrica Secures Rand Merchant Bank Funding for 20MW Nairobi Expansion
September 6, 2025
IXAfrica has closed a multi-tranche financing package with Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a division of FirstRand Limited, to fund its next growth phase. Withnthius funding, IXAfrica will be able to deliver an additional 20 megawatts…
SISCOM Opens New Data-Centre Cluster at IX Africa Nairobi
June 23, 2025
SISCOM has today announced the opening of its latest data-centre cluster that is hosted inside IX Africa’s Tier III-designed, 4.5 MW, 780-rack, carrier-neutral campus on Mombasa Road in Nairobi. With this deployment, SISCOM has tripled…
iXAfrica Appoints Amit Singh as Chief Business Development Officer
June 3, 2025
iXAfrica has today announced the appointment of Amit Singh as the new Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO). He has over two decades of global experience in scaling enterprise partnerships, hyperscale engagements and market expansion in…
Safaricom and iXAfrica Partner to Launch East Africa’s First AI-Ready Data Center Services
May 13, 2025
Safaricom has announced a strategic partnership with iXAfrica Data Centre to deliver East Africa’s first AI-ready data center services. The partnership brings together Safaricom’s enterprise and cloud expertise with iXAfrica’s purpose-built, hyperscale-ready data infrastructure to…
iXAfrica Opens East Africa’s Largest Hyperscale Data Centre in Nairobi
February 27, 2025
iXAfrica has announced the official launch of the first phase of its data centre in Nairobi. This new data center, named NBOX1, is a 4.5MW hyperscale facility with 780 racks and is AI-ready and carrier-neutral….
IXAfrica to Setup a Second Data Centre Campus in Nairobi
August 18, 2023
IXAfrica is set to construct its second data centre campus in Nairobi. The campus will be located at Tilisi on your way to Limuru town. The company is currently conducting due diligence to determine the…