New Nairobi PoP gives iXAfrica customers direct access to Workonline’s connectivity services, supported by a resilient regional and international network
Workonline Communications has established a new Point of Presence at iXAfrica Data Centres’ NBOX1 campus in Nairobi, bringing its African IP backbone, regional network reach and international connectivity into iXAfrica’s growing carrier-neutral ecosystem. The deployment is more than the addition of another Workonline location in Nairobi. It creates a new peering and interconnection point through which customers at iXAfrica can connect directly to Workonline’s network and access its portfolio of IP Transit, Ethernet and remote peering services. For Internet service providers, carriers, content networks, cloud platforms and other digital businesses located at iXAfrica, the new PoP provides a direct route into Workonline’s regional African network and onward international connectivity.
“Workonline is an African network with global reach, and that is what we are bringing into the iXAfrica ecosystem,” said Benjamin Deveaux, Head of Business Development at Workonline Communications. “This PoP gives customers at iXAfrica direct access to our services, but the value goes well beyond a connection in one facility. They are connecting into an established network that spans multiple African markets, international destinations and a growing interconnection ecosystem.”
Expanding Nairobi’s interconnection options
The iXAfrica PoP complements Workonline’s existing network presence in Nairobi and Mombasa, while serving a distinct interconnection purpose within its wider East African architecture. iXAfrica provides Workonline with another strong carrier-neutral location from which customers and networks can connect, exchange traffic and design more flexible infrastructure. The addition strengthens Nairobi’s broader connectivity landscape by giving customers another option for accessing regional and international networks without requiring them to extend infrastructure to a different facility.
“We built NBOX1 to be a neutral meeting point where networks, cloud platforms, content providers and enterprises can connect, exchange traffic and grow,” said Snehar Shah, Chief Executive Officer of iXAfrica Data Centres.
“Workonline brings a proven African network into our campus, giving customers another direct route to regional and international markets without leaving the building. Every network that joins NBOX1 makes the ecosystem more valuable for everyone already connected here. As cloud, content and AI workloads move closer to East African users, that depth of interconnection is what will keep Nairobi competitive as the region’s digital hub.”
Direct access to regional and international connectivity
Customers at iXAfrica will be able to access Workonline’s wholesale IP transit connectivity portfolio directly from the NBOX1 campus. These services allow customers to reach markets and digital ecosystems beyond Nairobi while maintaining greater control over performance, routing and network architecture.
The PoP also gives content providers, content delivery networks and cloud platforms another route through which to reach African networks and users. Workonline has built its network and interconnection capability through years of working with Internet service providers, telecommunications operators, global content networks and digital platforms across the continent.Its presence at iXAfrica brings this existing experience and ecosystem into the facility, rather than creating an isolated new location.
A network engineered for resilience
The new PoP forms part of a distributed network architecture built across multiple locations and diverse routes in Nairobi, Mombasa and the wider region. This allows customers to build networks around more than one facility, path or destination, helping them design around outages, congestion, fibre failures and other disruptions. Workonline’s regional engineering teams have extensive experience building and operating networks across African markets, where infrastructure conditions and customer requirements can vary significantly between locations.
“Resilience does not come from having a backup link on paper,” said Deveaux. “It comes from having genuinely diverse locations, routes and network options that continue to perform when conditions change.”
“Our approach is to give customers meaningful choices in how they connect, how their traffic moves and how they protect their services. The iXAfrica PoP adds another important option to that architecture.”
The deployment builds on the success Workonline have already achieved through its peering and interconnection presence elsewhere in East Africa, including Mombasa, where direct interconnection has helped strengthen regional traffic exchange and network performance. By extending this capability into iXAfrica, Workonline is bringing a proven African network, established technical expertise and a growing connectivity ecosystem to one of Nairobi’s newest carrier-neutral data centre environments.