EDITOR ’ S COMMENT
GCSP , NSP , DSP , MSP , funded out of Europe and other Western institutions beginning to realise the latent potential of digital connectivity that lies under developed and untapped , through the millions of SMBs and even enterprises , operating below potential in 50 + African countries .
While the potential has always been understood , the investment and return on investment , requiring a deep onground understanding of every African country market and a long time line of patience and understanding have been formidable challenges .
Recent announcements by South Africa based CMC Networks gives a sense of positive confidence , that challenges reetings to the global readers of Intelligent around inter-African connectivity may Tech Channels . soon be outdated . Africa has always been one of the most Says Marisa Trisolino from CMC challenging markets for IT vendors and their Networks , in this month ’ s lead feature , enterprise and global channel partners to Our goal has always been to bring Africa penetrate , build and scale . Till a decade to the world and enable any organisation ago , weak and entry level networking , to connect and roll out services across datacentre , and Internet infrastructure the continent . We are making it as easy to were the usual technology scapegoats for connect from Lagos to Nairobi , or Marrakesh failed projects , delayed investments , slow to Johannesburg , as it is to connect London roll outs , lack of repeat business , and lack of to Frankfurt . corporate ambitions .
To make this happen , CMC Networks has However over the last five years much developed a single platform that is set to has changed with XSP players , including connect 51 markets across Africa at the click
of a button . Any carrier , service provider or enterprise will be able to connect to CMC Fusion , Network as a Service platform , and procure and provision network and value added services in Africa from anywhere in the world .
Turn these pages to read more about CMC Networks ’ path breaking solution that promises to create a new era of corporate digital adoption and transformation in Africa .
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Arun Shankar Managing Editor arun @ lynchpinmedia . com
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