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The African landscape

The African landscape. Africa has grown at 8.7% CAGR in real GDP terms (2000 – 2010), making it the second fastest growing continent in the world. F orecasts suggest Africa will continue to grow very rapidly at c.5.5% CAGR to 2017.

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The African landscape

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  1. The African landscape Africa has grown at 8.7% CAGR in real GDP terms (2000 – 2010), making it the second fastest growing continent in the world. Forecasts suggest Africa will continue to grow very rapidly at c.5.5% CAGR to 2017. Africa’s middle class grew by 130m (2000 – 2010), forecasts from the African Development Bank suggest that at least 100m more people may become middle class by 2020. Total consumer spending in Africa is ahead of Russia and equal to India. Fuelled by improved economic conditions, the last five years have seen Africa experience the fastest telecoms growth worldwide, which has transformed fundamental aspects of social and business life. Africa’s total bandwidth usage grew at 85% CARG (2007 to 2011) Further growth requires telecommunications and power infrastructure.

  2. Key drivers Demand for connectivity and data Continued growth in mobile sector Demand for ICT enterprise services (SME markets – c. $9billion in 2016) Mobile money Content (media, broadcasting) Mobile advertising set to grow

  3. Strategic business drivers Facilitate carrier aggregation Facilitate content aggregation Growth in Cloud Opportunity for IXP

  4. Data center design considerations *Source: Uptime Institute

  5. Planning for diverse needs SATELLITE CARRIERS CLIENT ENVIRONMENT CARRIER ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS PTSN CROSS CONNECT FIBRE CROSS CONNECT AFRICAN CARRIERS CAT6 CROSS CONNECT LOCAL CARRIER SUBMARINE CABLES

  6. Teraco data centre timeline 2010 2009 2011 2012 2013 2450m² 3570m² 500m² 1750m² 6200m² DC/FACILITIES 70 110 3 35 155 CLIENTS $25m $8m $10m $30m INVESTMENT

  7. Operationally speaking Building supplier partnerships BMS and EPMS systems Preventative maintenance Capacity planning Energy efficiency Green initiatives Resource skill sets

  8. Operational challenges Utility power stability Rising power density requirements African environmental conditions Client support (local, remote, global clients)

  9. Operational challenges cont. Security Monitoring Structured cabling Energy efficiency

  10. Industry challenges Drive towards alternative/green power Certifications (ISO 9001, PCI-DSS, etc.)

  11. Conclusion “…existing data will grow 50 times the current volume by 2020, according to industry estimates. That means businesses will remain heavily dependent on data centers, according to a recent survey from the Uptime Institute. Another key finding: Nearly all survey participants express serious considerations about the huge amount of energy these structures consume, and many are interested in pursuing greencertifications as a result.” *Source: Uptime Institute

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