China Mobile International Limited (CMI) and Master Power Technologies (Pty) Ltd. (MPT) will collaborate to advance Internet Data Center (IDC) solutions in Africa and help boost the growth of digital economy across the region.
The new partnership was confirmed with the signing of a memorandum of understanding at AfricaCom in Cape Town yesterday by Mr. Colin Wang, Managing Director of CMI Middle East and Africa Region, and Mr. Menno Parsons, Chief Executive Officer of Master Power Technologies (Pty) Ltd. Under the MoU, CMI and MPT will collaborate to support telecommunications companies, financial services firms and other enterprises to build and leverage the IDC solutions that underpin Africa’s digital transformation.
Mr. Wang said: “Investment in Africa’s data center market is expected to grow by 15% to 2026, bringing greater processing power and speed to boost efficiency and growth for enterprises and organizations across the continent. We are honored to join with MPT to expand access to high-performance data centers for internet and cloud service providers and other companies driving Africa’s digital future.”
Mr. Parsons said: “MPT shares CMI’s belief that long-term relationship with clients and partners are the best way to deliver value and help create a better digital future for Africa. We are delighted to work with CMI to help build data center infrastructure that boosts Africa’s digital ecosystem and promotes innovation and economic resilience and growth. We are confident that the first project under this collaboration will be launched soon. And we expect to deepen our partnership and expand our cooperation into other areas in the future.”
CMI is one of the global leaders in developing and delivering world-class data center, cloud and IoT solutions and has invested heavily in reliable, scalable and resilient network resources in Africa and beyond. Adding to its wealth of global resources, CMI is the only Asian operator participating in 2Africa, the world’s largest subsea cable project. It will extend connectivity for Africa and the Middle East to Europe, Asia, and the world via its global infrastructure. In addition, CMI provides customized enterprise business services to customers worldwide. With its comprehensive enterprise service portfolio – iSolutions - CMI helps enterprises navigate digital transformation and fuels their global expansion.
MPT is a leading provider of dynamic power supply and integrated IDC solutions in Africa, with capabilities in IDC design, construction and operation. The company specializes in engineering power supplies, dynamic environment monitoring services and full-service IDC solutions, providing one-stop supply, implementation, and after-sales services. MPT serves customers throughout Africa, including large enterprises in telecommunications, media, finance and power industries as well as government agencies. Its professionalism and services have a high reputation in the industry.
CMI is dedicated to providing customized IDC services and quality network connection services to enterprises around the world. Through the collaboration, CMI and MPT will work together to advance IDC solutions to achieve efficient convergence and agility, providing access with large bandwidth connectivity to customers.
Source: Press Release