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    Home»News»World Bank’s IFC backs Liquid in Africa growth push

    World Bank’s IFC backs Liquid in Africa growth push

    News By Nqobile Dludla8 November 2021
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    Liquid executive chairman and founder Strive Masiyiwa and IFC MD Makhtar Diop pictured in London. Image: Liquid Intelligent Technologies

    The World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to expand data centre capacity and roll out fibre-optic cable in Africa, the groups said in a joint statement on Monday.

    The link-up with Liquid Intelligent Technologies, formerly Liquid Telecom, aims to increase digital connectivity in Africa and to support the region’s growing digital ecosystem, the partners said.

    The investment in data centres underscores the rising demand for cloud services even in relatively undeveloped corners of the continent.

    IFC’s equity and debt investments in Liquid to date total approximately $250-million,

    US tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon are already competing with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei to set up massive data centres on the continent as demand for cloud connectivity soars as companies save huge costs by renting storage space than building their own servers.

    IFC’s equity and debt investments in Liquid, which to date total approximately US$250-million, will support the company to grow its hyperscale data centre capacity in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa through its subsidiary, Africa Data Centres, the statement said.

    “As Africa’s population grows and is increasingly urbanised, data consumption is expected to grow strongly and with this comes the need for secure local data hosting,” they added.

    Roll-out

    The investments will also support the continued roll-out of Liquid’s fibre broadband network, which today covers more than 100 000km of sub-Saharan Africa.

    According to the Broadband Commission on Sustainable Development, sub-Saharan Africa needs around $100-billion in investment to achieve affordable and high-quality broadband access by 2030. It would need at least 250 000km of new fibre lines to achieve this.

    IFC’s latest investment in Liquid follows its investment in the company in February 2021 through Liquid’s bond placement on Euronext Dublin, Ireland’s main stock exchange. The issuance raised $620-million.  — (c) 2021 Reuters

    IFC International Finance Corporation Liquid Liquid Intelligent Technologies Makhtar Diop Strive Masiyiwa World Bank
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