Safaricom to Build a Tier-III Telco-Cloud Data Center in ICT Park

Safaricom has announced that they have signed a developed land sub-lease agreement with Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) to build our new Tier-III telco-cloud Data Center in the ICT Park.

This Data Center aims to increase collaboration on the availability of the latest technologies in the industrial parks to support the digitalization process, improving efficiency, transparency, & productivity, which will create more jobs and IT-enabled services.

We commit to continue collaborating with the ICT park and providing the latest network generation in agreed Industrial parks to support IPDC initiatives and create a smart city within the ICT park through the targeted trial of innovative technologies.

Statement by Safaricom

We are excited to establish this win-win partnership with IPDC which will allow us to build our third data center in Ethiopia since Safaricom Ethiopia was awarded the unified telecommunications service license in July 2021.

Anwar Sousa, CEO, Safaricom Ethiopia