BroadGroup, an international publishing company with an event portfolio that includes brands like Datacloud, Datacloud Awards, Finance and Investment Forum, and Dark Fibre Convention, has announced the launch of its leadership summit for Africa’s data center, cloud, fiber and edge infrastructure leadership, Datacloud Africa. This summit will be held 28 September 2018 in Marrakech, Morocco.

Recognizing the challenges for Africa’s digital economy and growth, Datacloud Africa would establish a unique opportunity for companies engaged in creating new IT ecosystems, their investors, financiers and government agencies to meet, network and collaborate.

Datacloud Africa will take place at the Four Seasons hotel in Marrakech 28 September 2018. The event will include a special Awards ceremony.

Cloud, Data Centers Africa

“Datacloud Africa is focused on investing, powering, connecting, and deploying data centers across the continent,” said Gregory Gerot, vice president and managing director of BroadGroup. “It will bring together engaged leaders and investors with a single objective to create a new pathway for practical outcomes to accelerate data center development.”

As a leadership forum for Africa’s data center, fiber, cloud, and edge infrastructure industry, attendees would include senior executives managing data center businesses from across the continent, subsea and terrestrial fiber providers, satellite services, content and solutions providers, telcos, constructions firms, power grid and innovative energy suppliers.

BroadGroup’s Datacloud brand represents a widely respected event series focused on providing deep content and networking for the data center and cloud industry – with regional networking events in Europe, Nordic, Ireland, Asia and China.