The Cloud and Data Centre Revolution in Africa

1. Mapping the African Continent by region
2. World Economic Forum & World Bank analysis of Africa
3. Fibre connectivity across Africa (domestic & international)
4. Power availability in Africa
5. Sustainable power availability in Africa
6. Cloud services in Africa
7. Data Centres in Africa

1. Conclusions - The Cloud & Data Centre Revolution in Africa
2. Key Trends - The Cloud & Data Centre Revolution in Africa
3. Combined Forecast - African Data Centre space and power from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025
4. Forecast - Africa Cloud from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025

Figure 1: A table showing the foreign currencies used in the report converted into USD 1
Figure 2: A table summarising the African Data Centre Landscape - forecast as of the beginning of 2021
Figure 3: A chart showing the size of the African Data Centre market compared with other Country Markets - in thousands of m2 forecast as of the beginning of 2021
Figure 4: A table showing Africa’s relative position in the world economy by key metrics
Figure 5: A pie chart showing the breakdown of third-party Data Centre floor space by four African regions - forecast as of the beginning of 2021 in percent
Figure 6: A pie chart showing the breakdown of African Data Centre business models by numbers of the facility in percent
Figure 7: A table showing the recent Data Centre investments in local African markets
Figure 8: A table showing the new small Data Centre facilities being launched in African Country Markets
Figure 9: A chart showing forecast third-party African Data Centre space (in m2) from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025
Figure 10: A chart showing forecast third-party African Data Centre Customer Power (DCCP - in MW) from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025
Figure 11: A table showing the Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) based in Africa as of June 2020
Figure 12: A pie chart showing a breakdown of African Data Centre space by Country Market in percent as of the beginning of 2021
Figure 13: A chart showing the forecast growth in African cloud service revenues from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025 - in millions of USD
Figure 14: A chart showing the amount of third-party Data Centre space divided by population size for selected countries
Figure 15: A table showing the third-party African Data Centres certified by the US UpTime Institute
Figure 16: A table showing the WEF GCI 2020 survey ranking for selected African countries
Figure 17: A table showing the African Countries ranked in the 2019 World Bank Doing Business survey
Figure 18: A table showing the number of servers per million of the population for selected African Countries
Figure 19: A diagram showing the Liquid Telecom fibre network including the terrestrial East to West Africa fibre connection
Figure 20: A table showing the new domestic fibre connections available in Africa
Figure 21: A table showing Broadband speeds by selected African Countries with 5 GB film download times
Figure 22: A table showing the mean download speeds for 40 African countries
Figure 23: A table showing the key subsea cable systems connecting Africa
Figure 24: A schematic showing the Equiano subsea cable system
Figure 25: A table showing the percentage of renewable power - as a percentage of total power - by selected African Countries
Figure 26: A table showing standard electricity costs by selected African Country Markets in USD per kWh
Figure 27: A table showing the key African Internet Exchange Points
Figure 28: A picture showing the Loon base station and balloon
Figure 29: A table showing the new Pan-African Data Centre facilities planned in the region
Figure 30: A table showing the key Telecoms Provider Data Centre facilities by African Country
Figure 31: A simplified map showing the Countries in the North Africa Region
Figure 32: A table showing forecast Country Market raised floor space in ‘000’s of m2 for the North Africa Region from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025
Figure 33: A table showing forecast Country Market DCCP in MW for the North Africa Region from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025
Figure 34: A table showing the key new Data Centre developments in the North Africa Region
Figure 35: A simplified map showing the Countries in the East Africa Region
Figure 36: A table showing forecast Country Market raised floor space in ‘000s of m2 for the East Africa Region from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025
Figure 37: A table showing forecast Country Market DCCP in MW for the East Africa Region from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025
Figure 38: A table showing the new Data Centre developments in the East Africa Region
Figure 39: A simplified map showing the Countries in the West Africa Region
Figure 40: A table showing the key new Data Centre developments in the West Africa Region
Figure 41: A table showing forecast Country Market raised floor space in ‘000s of m2 in the West Africa Region
Figure 42: A table showing forecast Country Market DCCP in MW in the West Africa Region
Figure 43: A simplified map showing the Countries in the Southern Africa Region
Figure 44: A table showing forecast Country Market raised floor space in ‘000’s of m2 for the Southern Africa Region
Figure 45: A table showing forecast Country Market DCCP in MW for the Southern Africa Region
Figure 46: A table showing the key new Data Centre developments in the Southern Africa Region
Figure 47: A table showing the Data Centre space forecast for Africa from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025 (in m2)
Figure 48: A chart showing the Data Centre space forecast for Africa from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025 (in m2)
Figure 49: A table showing the Data Centre Power forecast for Africa from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025 (in MW)
Figure 50: A chart showing a Data Centre Power forecast for Africa from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025 (in MW)
Figure 51: A chart showing the Data Centre space forecast for Africa (broken down by North, East, West & Southern Regions) from the beginning of 2021 to 2025 (in m2)
Figure 52: A chart showing the Data Centre power forecast for Africa (broken down by North, East, West & Southern Regions) from the beginning of 2021 to 2025 (in MW)
Figure 53: A table showing the CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) space forecast for Africa (broken down by North, East, West & Southern Regions) from the beginning of 2021 to 2025 (in percent per annum)
Figure 54: A table showing the CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) power forecast for Africa (broken down by North, East, West & Southern Regions) from the beginning of 2021 to 2025 (in percent per annum)
Figure 55: A chart showing a cloud computing forecast in Africa from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025 in millions of USD per annum