Orange Botswana will construct a new, first of its kind world class Data Centre in Gaborone, in the Botswana Innovation Hub and Technology Park, setting the tone for greater innovation and technology work that helps drive greater customer experience and usability of the brand and its offerings.
The Data Centre ground-breaking was held before key business stakeholders on the 30th November 2018, a testament to Orange Botswana’s commitment to growing the telecommunications and data consumption space.
The state-of-the-art centre will become a central point of connectivity for National and international networking, and provide world class data services to customers. Orange Botswana will invest more than P70 million on the construction of the data centre and migration of equipment, injecting money into the local economy, bringing in additional enhanced skills and creating further employment in the market.
Botswana Vice President, Slumber Tsogwane, said building the data Centre is in line with Government’s call for private sector to invest more strongly in technological advancement in Botswana.
“Orange Botswana’s commitment and desire to collaborate with Batswana and the Botswana Government to champion a knowledge-based economy will catalyse Botswana’s Vision of becoming the ICT Hub for Southern Africa. This state-of-the-art Data Centre is a testament to that. Government will continue to support and invest in projects such as this, ones which add demonstrable value to the technology ecosystem of Botswana. There is much to be done to the development of the ICT infrastructure in Botswana and there is need to invest in platforms and avenues that align with our National Vision 2036,” said Tsogwane.
The construction will deliver, in 12 months, a Tier 3 Data Centre inclusive of equipment space, office space, 2 redundant energy centres and 1 tower for the backhaul and transmission. Materials and equipment to be used in construction include the latest technology, providing reliable and state-of-the-art telecommunication services in the country.
The Orange Data Centre will cover 81% of the population with the 2G technology, 62% of the population with 3G technology and 45% of the population with 4G technology, offering the greater levels of security, flexibility and accessibility to data and information around the world. This state-of-the-art Centre will offer highest level of service availability, with enhanced supply of energy and robust services, thereby offering the most reliable network.
“Day by day, technologies are becoming more advanced and people are depending more on innovative platforms and means to enhance their lifestyles, their businesses, and their day to day needs. Technology is the most rapidly evolving phenomenon, accelerated by the proliferation of mobile broadband, Wi-Fi, cloud services, smart gadgets and artificial intelligence. With every new business requirement, technology has stepped up to provide apt solution. As a mobile technology company, this prompts us to leverage these rapid changes in-order to provide our customers with what matters to them most through continuous innovation, faster connectivity and excellent user experience,” said Dr Patrick Benon, CEO of Orange Botswana.
