Galaxy Backbone, MainOne, Rack Centre and MainData Nigeria have been announced, among other firms, on the shortlist for the inaugural Datacloud Africa awards.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Datacloud Africa awards seek to recognize genuine invention, service excellence and the continuing evolution of the sector and IT transformations underway.
The results selected by an independent panel of expert judges will be announced at a ceremony in The Movenpick Hotel, Accra on the evening of The Datacloud Africa conference on the 26th of September.
These original Awards proudly supported by Patron Sponsor Vertiv, emerged from the long-running Datacloud Global Award ceremony held in Monaco.
The shortlisted companies are as follows (in alphabetical order):
Africa Data Centre Service Provider of the Year Award
- Dataxion
- Galaxy Backbone Limited
- N+ONE DATACENTERS
- PAIX Data Centres
- Rack Centre
Excellence in Data Centre Award: Africa
- 21st Century Technologies
- MainData Nigeria (MDXi)
- N+ONE DATACENTERS
- Rack Centre
New Data Centre of the Year Award: Africa
- 21st Century Technologies
- Etix Everywhere
- Galaxy Backbone
- icolo.io
Global Connectivity for Africa Innovator of the Year
- 21st Century Technologies
- Angola Cables
- HGC Global Communications
- MainData Nigeria (MDXi)
- Rack Centre
Africa Data Centre Energy Innovator of the Year
- 21st Century Technologies
- Africa Data Centres
- Etix Everywhere
- MainOne
“The Datacloud Africa Awards raises the bar for globally recognized industry benchmarks in excellence for the Cloud and data centre industry.
“The shortlisted companies present nothing less than companies leading in their categories and who are driving this data centric industry forward through an innovative spirit,” said Gerd Simon, chairman of the Judges Panel.