Unleashing Africa's potential with open connectivity

Open Access Data Centres (OADC), Africa’s fastest-expanding data centre provider, has announced the launch of Open Access Fabric (OAfabric)—a collaborative, open-access digital platform set to revolutionise African interconnection

Scheduled to debut in January 2025 in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), OAfabric will extend across Africa and eventually reach global markets, establishing critical interconnection hubs. These hubs will meet the increasing demand for sophisticated interconnection services, empowering businesses, and reinforcing Africa’s role in the global digital economy.

OAfabric will reduce costs, boost performance, support the growth of local enterprises, and attract additional global investment, propelling Africa’s digital transformation forward.

Redefining Africa's connectivity

With the support of WIOCC Group’s extensive infrastructure and connectivity expertise, OAfabric will enhance client access to diverse internet ecosystems, integrating prominent African Internet eXchange Points (IXPs), local and international content providers, and enabling seamless cloud operator integration. This platform will also facilitate essential site-to-site and user-to-user connections, offering a game-changing solution for African businesses and global companies looking to expand into the region.

“OAfabric is engineered to address the growing demand for advanced interconnection services across Africa by providing a single, reliable, truly scalable and unmatched multi-service interconnection solution,” said Obinna Adumike, head of converged digital infrastructure for OADC. “This is the future of Africa’s digital infrastructure, designed to drive down costs, enhance performance and enable local enterprises to grow and thrive, while also attracting global investment that will further accelerate digital transformation across the continent.”

Initially hosted in OADC’s colocation data centres, OAfabric will offer a comprehensive suite of services, including IX peering, virtual interconnection, future IP services, and direct, dedicated private cloud access. Clients will gain access to premium connectivity services spanning various provider networks, delivering reliable, flexible, and fully scalable solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of African digital enterprises. OAfabric will also enable seamless cloud access, allowing direct connections to public cloud on-ramps, with a framework that supports data sovereignty and promotes the growth of local providers, creating a robust, self-reliant digital infrastructure in Africa.

Poised to scale in line with the evolving demands of the African market, OAfabric provides a versatile interconnection platform capable of supporting hybrid colocation architectures. This positions OAfabric as a cornerstone of Africa’s digital transformation, offering future-ready hybrid infrastructures for both African businesses and global providers looking to establish a presence on the continent, addressing Africa’s interconnection challenges directly.

“OAfabric is about establishing vibrant, open-access interconnection ecosystems underpinned by connectivity within an open-access platform that empowers local innovation and growth,” added Adumike. “We’re building the digital future of Africa, and OAfabric will be a key enabler of this transformation.”