WIOCC / OADC
Coker was appointed to guide and lead the OADC initiatives that will play a major role in accelerating Africa’ s digital transformation, through construction and operation of a pan-African network of Tier-III certified data centre facilities. The organisation is rolling out its unique core-toedge open-access data centre ecosystem, comprising a combination of hyperscale, regional and edge data centres.
Upon his appointment, Coker said:“ I am delighted to be leading OADC in transforming Africa’ s digital capabilities, developing vibrant interconnected ecosystems based on deployment of worldclass, open-access digital infrastructure at strategic interconnection points throughout the continent. An opportunity for Africa to leapfrog the world.”
Now, the innovative CEO is firmly engaged in delivering OADC’ s plans for Africa’ s transformation and is excited by the opportunity presented to him at OADC, as he notes:“ The key thing with WIOCC being the leading player in the deployment of carrier-scale, future-proofed open network infrastructure into Africa is that it opens up options for interconnectivity between data centres and right through to the point of use. There is great synergy there. Looking towards the future, WIOCC and OADC have been chosen to land the new > 100Tbps Equiano and 2Africa undersea cables at different points in Africa. I think that ' s a really great achievement, and an excellent anchor point in terms of building out Open Access Data Centres.”
OADC: setting new standards of excellence in Africa With 35 years of international experience across Europe, the USA, Asia and Africa, Coker knows the importance of giving customers best-in-class services:“ Quality is very important in what we do. With many, many years in the industry – particularly in Africa – it has become clear to me that we have to build with quality moving forward. It is so important that the quality is there from the beginning.”
“ We will set new standards for excellence in client delivery and service, whilst also setting new standards for the interconnection of digital ecosystems to ensure quality across the continent. In this it is vital to have the support of a great team. I am delighted with the team we have in place, and I will continue to bring in talent in key areas to ensure we are able to deliver on this promise. We will continue to invest in sustainable engineering, sales and marketing, and to move quickly to address new client requirements. We know exactly
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