A major finding of a market study done by TeleGeography puts forth a reasonable increase in transit route capacity throughout Africa as well as growth of intra-continent traffic. It is well worth noting that more digital content is being offered within Africa than ever before, and at a rate that’s rapidly growing.
The expanded capacity when it comes to both subsea cable as well as terrestrial fibre has gone on to get translated to large IT bandwidth growth, dip in the prices in the bandwidth, progress in the localised data centres which has led to an elevated connectivity and also enhanced user experiences.
In short, a healthy and growing telecom ecosystem that enables CDNs, cloud services as well as SaaS providers so as to serve the new customers in the sub-Saharan Africa dependably.
Subsea cable, data centre investments, and terrestrial fibre happen to be making Africa a top-growing market for bandwidth across the world, with an anticipated compound growth of 42% between 2022 and 2029, thereby overtaking the average growth projections of 32%. It is well to be noted that the content providers have experienced almost 80% of the CAGR across African bandwidth from 2018 through 2022.
Bringing forth new submarine cable systems is anticipated to elevate capacity when it comes to coastal as well as land-locked nations, surge the number and size of intra-African routes, and also push localised digital content growth.
The report also goes on to highlight that in spite of the historical traffic routes from Europe to Africa, South Africa has gone on to become a progressing regional hub when it comes to intra-Africa internet capacity with the percentage of traffic helping sub-Saharan Africa becoming more intra-Africa than what was traditionally serviced from Europe.
As CDNs, internet exchange points, points of presence, and data centre construction ignite the growth of a new landscape within the shores of Africa, the internet edge happens to be shifting closer to the African end-users, with prominent transit hubs across Africa, assuming prominence throughout Europe.
South Africa: The Gateway to Africa
The intra-Africa capacity in the sub-Sahara Africa being serviced from South Africa has seen huge numbers between 2016 and 2022 with a CAGR of more than 50% annually with South Africa sternly positioning itself as the content hub for the African continent.
As per the head of platforms at Teraco, Michele McCann, reliable and scalable digital infrastructure demand continues to grow, and their company remains committed to providing these providers with support when it comes to expanding their presence throughout the region.
With substantial bandwidth investments such as these, cloud services, CDNs as well as SaaS providers can get to have unmatched growth options across Africa’s transitioning digital landscape by optimally utilising Teraco’s cutting edge facilities, deeper ecosystems and their position as the hub for the digital infrastructure of Africa.
Apparently, Teraco happens to be active across 26 nations throughout the region and also has an access to subsea cable systems all across the East and West coasts of the continent.
McCann remarks that with increased transit route capacity, enhanced pricing dynamics, anticipated growth in bandwidth, an ecosystem that’s flourishing, and a data centre landscape that’s evolving, service providers don’t have to look beyond to get immense potential and at the same time establish a successful presence across the African market.
