NTT Data East Africa, a leading cloud services provider, has announced its readiness to harness the expanding technological growth coupled with the surge of internet connectivity across East Africa.
Speaking about the company’s plans to continually innovate and invest in its people, the Managing Director Richard Hechle assured clients that the firm has a blend of international prowess coupled with local understanding, maintaining relevance in a competitive environment.
Such massive investments in infrastructure and services just mean the company has a strategy for the region eventually. New facilities include new data centres and hyperscale to address demand in cloud service delivery across the East Africa region through the strategic plan proposed by NTT Data.
This approach minimizes risks and instead emphasizes the company’s ability to seize on the digital transformation happening in the region.
NTT Data has its existing operations in countries like Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Ethiopia and the company is even planning on aggressively growing within every single country.
Hechle pointed out that it is crucial to understand the specifics of a country and all the potential problems that may occur. Ranging from compliance concerns, change in market demands among other factors, NTT Data ensures it captures the needs of its clients and assists them to address cloud transformations to increase and retain relevancy. For instance, establishing a hub and spoke model with Kenya as the hub office is strategically aimed at offering local support and knowledge to boost the business within the region.
The change of the company’s name from Dimension Data to NTT Data is indicative of its transformational strategy. Even though efforts are time-consuming and financially expensive, the emphasis is still placed on the growth of the company and bolstering the brand’s awareness.
The year-on-year growth metrics in countries such as Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda are one of the primary success indicators that provide tangible evidence of NTT Data’s capability to provide clients with technology solutions that deliver value. In the future, NTT Data East Africa is continuously searching for multilateral affiliations with specific specialities like cloud computing, security, and data analysis.
This way, the acquisition strategy seeks to supplement the organic growth initiatives and bolster the company’s standing in the market.
Considering the idea of specific vertical focus in such fields as healthcare, education, manufacturing, mining, etc., NTT Data is ready to deliver breakthrough services that would extend competitiveness and innovation to its clients.
With the expansion continuing, stakeholders can look forward to a more targeted solution in the vertical markets that NTT Data’s global network and the breadth of its talent will bring to Eastern Africa.
