Data Centre Magazine February 2022 | Page 20

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Since its founding , MainOne has grown to become West Africa ’ s leading communications services and network solutions provider . Opeke has overseen the construction of the region ’ s first privately-owned , open access , 7,000 kilometer undersea high capacity submarine cable - a massive US $ 240-million project that was completed on schedule and on budget in 2010 - as well as the country ’ s largest Tier III data centre . Opeke ’ s company is widely regarded as one of the most influential tech firms in Nigeria - if not West Africa as a whole .
Now , Opeke is taking MainOne to the next stage in its journey - and hopefully bringing Nigeria ’ s digital economy along with it . In December 2021 , the news broke that MainOne had been the subject of

“ We are critical to the digital infrastructure of West Africa ”

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