In recent years, West Africa has emerged as one of the world’s biggest digital success stories. For instance, Nigeria met a key digital maturity milestone in 2020, when the Internet Society confirmed that about 70% of the country’s traffic was exchanged locally rather than in data centers abroad. This is up from only about 30% in 2012, a clear sign of the rapid growth of internet exchange points and ecosystem density in the country. This growth has helped local businesses deploy the latest digital technologies while also making the region a more attractive expansion target for global enterprises. The growth…

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