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Supermicro appoints Smart Hands Africa as services partner
Smart Hands Africa has announced its appointment as an authorised services partner for Supermicro, a global leader in high-performance server, storage, AI and data centre infrastructure solutions. execution capabilities as global technology vendors expand their presence across Africa.
The appointment represents a significant milestone for Smart Hands Africa and reinforces the company’ s position as a trusted technology services and infrastructure enablement partner for global OEMs, distributors, channel partners and enterprise customers operating across Africa.
Through this appointment, Smart Hands Africa will provide postsales professional and technical services supporting Supermicro customers across multiple African territories, including South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Ghana, Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
The appointment reflects growing international confidence in Smart Hands Africa’ s ability to deliver consistent, high-quality technology services across diverse African markets while maintaining global standards of service delivery.
According to Anton Jacobsz, CEO of Smart Hands Africa, the partnership highlights the increasing importance of reliable local
“ Being selected by a global technology leader such as Supermicro is a strong endorsement of our operational capability, technical expertise and pan-African delivery model. Global manufacturers require service partners that can deliver consistently
Anton Jacobsz, CEO of Smart Hands Africa
across multiple countries while maintaining international standards. This appointment demonstrates that Smart Hands Africa has built the people, processes and partner network required to meet those expectations.”
The appointment follows continued investment by Smart Hands Africa in developing a scalable African service delivery platform, strengthening technical capabilities and expanding its network of skilled engineering resources across the continent.
Vertiv powers Paratus Namibia’ s first private LTE and mobile network
Vertiv, a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, has announced it is powering Namibia’ s first private mobile network built on LTE and 5G technologies for Pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus.
The deployment marks a major milestone in the country’ s digital evolution and Paratus Namibia’ s transformation from a regional connectivity provider into a full-service mobile telecommunications operator. To help drive this next phase of growth, Paratus Namibia deployed a new data centre infrastructure enabled by Vertiv power and cooling solutions, alongside outdoor and indoor DC power systems for radio equipment across its network rollout.
Gary Chomse, Vertiv’ s Regional Director for Southern and Central Africa
Vertiv delivered solutions including cooling units, modular UPS systems with lithiumion batteries, rack power distribution units
and a converged AC inverter and DC rectifier power system for both indoor and outdoor sites.
The Paratus Namibia network now delivers a complete mobile ecosystem, offering voice over LTE( VoLTE), Wi-Fi calling, advanced LTE and 5G services, complemented by fibre and Sky-Fi wireless connectivity.
“ With this network now operational, Paratus Namibia solidifies its role in shaping the country’ s telecommunications landscape,” said Gary Chomse, Vertiv’ s Regional Director for Southern and Central Africa.“ The deployment not only boosts connectivity options for local users but also lays a foundation for future digital innovation and continued growth across the region. Vertiv is proud to support Paratus Namibia in bringing the country’ s first private LTE and 5G mobile network to life.” www. intelligentcio. com
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