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Bayobab activates 2Africa West powering high-speed connectivity across Africa
Bayobab has switched on the 2Africa
West subsea route, pushing high-speed, low-latency capacity into key markets along Africa’ s western coastline.
This latest activation propels the continent’ s connectivity landscape forward by extending the world’ s longest subsea cable system into major hubs from South Africa to Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’ Ivoire, the Republic of Congo, Portugal and the UK, reinforcing Bayobab’ s position as a leading force in Africa’ s digital infrastructure.
Each landing point strengthens Bayobab regional connectivity, benefitting its customers with connections to major data centres and terrestrial networks. This ecosystem of connectivity offers redundancy, providing uninterrupted service
to hyperscalers, mobile network operators and Internet Service Providers.
2Africa West is engineered to meet the demands of Africa’ s digital future, supporting high-bandwidth applications. Bayobab is positioned to provide tailored capacity solutions for customers interested in capacity at scale. This low-latency capacity provides the technological foundation for cloud computing and AI, it also ensures long-term growth and future scalability.
The cable’ s burial depth has been increased by 50 % compared to older systems, and routes avoid known high risk areas, ensuring maximum availability and reliability.
By expanding access to high-speed, highcapacity connectivity, Bayobab supports the rollout of 4G and 5G networks and fuels innovation in digital sectors such as fintech and e-commerce.
South Africa’ s finance leaders accelerate cloud shift as Digital Transformation pressures mount
According to Sage Platinum partner
ALNET Technologies, South Africa’ s finance professionals are under increasing pressure to modernise, move to the cloud, automate processes and reduce costs while improving profitability.
Netesh Maharajh, Director at ALNET Technologies, says rising cloud adoption reflects this shift.“ A Statista survey shows that more than 40 % of South African organisations have migrated over half of their workloads, initially using hybrid models with a strong focus on Infrastructure-as-a-Service. This has since expanded to Platform-as-a- Service and Software-as-a-Service,” he said.
Statista forecasts significant growth in South Africa’ s public cloud market, with revenue expected to reach US $ 6.04 billion in 2025 and US $ 17.42 billion by 2030, driven by a 23.59 % annual growth rate.“ These figures highlight the country’ s strong momentum towards Digital Transformation,” Maharajh adds.
Today’ s finance leaders, he notes, must go beyond reporting historical data to shaping future strategy. Streamlining and optimising finance processes is critical to long-term sustainability in a highly competitive market.
Maharajh says Sage Intacct has emerged as a market leader, with many organisations viewing it as the financial backbone for growth. Customers report an average return on investment of 250 % within six months.
By automating tasks such as bank reconciliations, vendor payments and purchase-order workflows, finance teams gain more time for strategic initiatives. Sage Intacct also simplifies project accounting and provides real-time budget-versus-actual insights and detailed financial reporting.
“ Sage Intacct delivers a true cloud solution with open APIs, offering the visibility, efficiency and insight finance leaders need to drive growth and make informed decisions in today’ s fast-moving market,” Maharajh concludes.
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