Wingu Africa
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Wingu Africa is a carrier-neutral colocation and cloud provider operating five data centre sites across four East African markets: two in Djibouti City, plus single facilities in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Berbera (Somaliland). Founded in 2012, the company built its reputation as a pioneer of open-access, cable-landing-adjacent infrastructure in a region historically underserved by neutral colocation, and as of 2025 counts more than 40 enterprise, telecom, hyperscaler and financial-services customers across its network. Beyond racks and cages, Wingu has layered on its own cloud platform, Wingu Cloud Exchange (WCX), giving customers a locally-hosted IaaS/CaaS alternative alongside traditional colocation. Its most distinctive positioning is geographic: leaning on Djibouti’s status as one of Africa’s most internationally-connected subsea cable hubs, and on being first-to-market with commercial, carrier-neutral facilities in Somaliland, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Wingu Africa operates as a cloud provider and colocation provider, with facilities at the following locations:
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Wingu Africa Data Center Locations
- Djibouti City, Djibouti Djibouti Data Centre (DDC) CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
This facility connects directly to AMS-IX Djibouti, a major regional Internet Exchange Point, reinforcing Djibouti's role as one of Africa's most internationally-connected cable landing hubs. - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Wingu Africa Data Center, Ethio ICT Park TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Built at a reported cost of $50 million and inaugurated in June 2023, it was Ethiopia's first carrier-neutral commercial data centre and is designed for up to 800 racks and 10MW of power capacity. - Berbera, Somalia Wingu Africa Data Center Berbera CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Described as the first and only commercial data centre in Somaliland, it was built to serve growing demand for digital services in the region. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Wingu Africa Data Center Dar es Salaam CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Launched in mid-2022 as the first integrated carrier-neutral data centre and cable landing station in Tanzania, it underwent a second-phase expansion in March 2025 that tripled its capacity.
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Common Questions
In which countries does Wingu Africa operate physical data centres?
As of 2025, Wingu Africa operates facilities in Djibouti (two sites), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa), Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) and Somaliland/Somalia (Berbera).
Does Wingu Africa sell cloud services in addition to colocation?
Yes. Alongside its colocation and interconnection business, Wingu operates Wingu Cloud Exchange (WCX), a locally hosted cloud platform offering virtual machines, storage, networking, load balancers, Kubernetes and S3-compatible object storage across Tanzania, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
Is Wingu Africa's Addis Ababa data centre independently certified?
Yes, the Addis Ababa facility in Ethio ICT Park achieved Uptime Institute Tier III Certification of Design Documents and Tier III Certification of Constructed Facility, and reportedly offers up to 800 racks and 10MW of power capacity built with a stated $50 million investment.
Has Wingu Africa raised outside investment?
Yes, in 2025 Wingu secured $60 million in funding from Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) to accelerate expansion of its Djibouti, Ethiopia and Tanzania operations; the company is jointly owned by its management and Africa Capitalworks Holdings.
Does Wingu Africa operate an AI data center in ?
As of now, we don't have a confirmed AI-optimized (GPU-dense, liquid-cooled) facility on file for Wingu Africa here. We continue tracking new developments.
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