East Africa-headquartered carrier-neutral data centre operator Wingu Africa has raised US$60 million to fast-track its regional expansion and, it says, power the continent’s digital transformation.
The funding was provided by Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a leading African corporate and investment bank. Wingu says the money will support the rollout of next-generation infrastructure across key markets, meeting surging demand for secure, scalable, and interconnected digital ecosystems.
Already serving more than 40 top-tier customers, including major telecom and content providers, hyperscalers, and financial institutions, Wingu’s facilities are engineered for high availability, with resilient power, cooling and security systems designed to support next-generation digital workloads.
Wingu says that, with active expansion in its Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Tanzania operations, it is accelerating the development of its go-to platform for hyperscale, cloud and enterprise connectivity across the region.
It recently launched its second site in Djibouti, which hosts the country’s first integrated cable landing station and data centre. Wingu’s two facilities provide redundancy and access to 12 operational submarine cables, with additional systems planned. It has also launched the AMS-IX Djibouti internet exchange in partnership with AMS-IX, expanding upon the existing DjIX infrastructure.
In Ethiopia Wingu’s Tier III-certified campus houses the ADDIX exchange, while in Tanzania the second phase of the Dar es Salaam facility is underway (as we reported in March), tripling capacity and introducing advanced infrastructure, including enhanced submarine cable access, to meet growing enterprise and cloud demand.
Beyond colocation, Wingu offers infrastructure as a service (IaaS), cloud as a service (CaaS), and satellite teleport capabilities. Digital infrastructure companies, including Bayobab Africa and Cloudflare, are already leveraging Wingu’s platform to deliver critical digital services across the continent.
