Cassava’s Adil El Youssefi on data centre growth in Africa

13/08/2025 30 min
Cassava’s Adil El Youssefi on data centre growth in Africa

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode of TCS+, Adil El Youssefi, newly appointed CEO of the colocation business at Cassava Technologies and CEO of Africa Data Centres, chats about the challenges and opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa.
El Youssefi delves into:
• His background prior to being appointed into the role and how it has influenced his career as a technologist;
• His personal connection to the African continent and why growing its digital economy excites him;
• The data traffic boom taking place in Africa and the drivers behind it;
• The industries fuelling the demand for data centre capacity on the continent;
• The infrastructural challenges dampening data centre growth and the different ways they are being surmounted; and
• What the future of data centres looks like in sub-Saharan Africa;
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