Raxio Ethiopia, the nation’s first hyperscale ready Tier III carrier neutral data centre, hosted Executives of Ethiopian financial institutions to discuss business and technology challenges and share solutions from which the financial sector can benefit.
The event provided in-depth insights to help financial institutions leverage technology and digital infrastructure provided by the Raxio Ethiopia’s data centre to improve service delivery and position themselves to play an instrumental role in the growing digital economy in Ethiopia.
Today, financial services institutions rely on data centres to provide a stable and reliable environment to host their mission critical infrastructure. With the rapidly increasing demand for digital services driven by increased e-commerce penetration, digital payments, data driven business models, and the push for data sovereignty, Raxio will provide the much needed stable ecosystem to support this growing need.
The executive briefing offered participants from the banking, insurance and fintech sectors a deep look into how outsourcing data centre services to Raxio can allow enterprises to focus on their core business from both a financial perspective and also an operational perspective. For the financial services sector, the management of data centre infrastructure is far removed from their core services and by outsourcing these services, enterprises can repurpose capital expenditure to their core business and deliver a richer customer experience. From an operating expenditure perspective, Raxio will leverage its economies of scale to provide a more cost effective solution by passing through cost savings to its customers.
Raxio supporting Ethiopia’s financial services industry
Gotytom Gebreslase hopes for peace in Ethiopia after marathon win
Ethiopia’s Gotytom Gebreslase hopes peace can prevail in her country after winning the women’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships.
The 27-year-old beat Kenya’s Judith Korir in Eugene in a time of two hours 18 minutes and 11 seconds to set a new World Championships record.
Conflict has been ongoing in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region since late 2020, while there has been unrest in the neighbouring Amhara region which borders Sudan this year.
Gotytom showed her emotion after the race, breaking into tears when asked what her victory meant for her and her country.
“Winning is a very impressive and amazing thing,” she said.
“I wish all Ethiopians to be victorious in everything. Women can all be winners when they work hard for themselves and for their countries. And I wish for peace in my country, in all of Ethiopia,” the marathon champion remarked.
The top two finishers both set new personal bests, with Korir finishing nine seconds behind Gotytom, and Kenya-born Israeli runner Lonah Salpeter claimed the bronze in two hours, 20 minutes and 18 seconds.
“I planned to come out at 40 kilometres and I performed that tactic and I won the gold,” Gotytom added.
“Working hard is the key factor. I worked hard in my hometown. I know the Kenyans are tough but I have last-minute high speed so I used that speed and won the Championships.”
Meanwhile, Eritrea’s Nazret Weldu set a new national record of 2:20:29 as she finished fourth.
Gotytom’s compatriot Tamirat Tola won gold in the men’s marathon at the World Championships.
Mane wins second African Player of the Year award
Sadio Mane has been named African Footballer of Year after a season that saw him kick the winning penalty for Senegal as they claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations title and repeated the feat when they secured the World Cup qualification.
The 30-year-old forward player, who signed a three-year deal with German giants Bayern Munich last month, won the award for the first time in 2019 while he was at English side Liverpool.
Nigerian Asisat Oshoala won the Women’s Player of the Year for a record fifth time, overtaking compatriot Perpetua Nkwocha.
The 27-year-old Barcelona forward was forced to miss the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco due to an injury.
Mane won ahead of former Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah from Egypt and fellow Senegal international and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.
Mane and Salah played pivotal roles last season with Liverpool, who lifted the FA Cup and English League Cup and finished runners-up in the Premier League and Champions League.
Born in a village nearly 400km (250 miles) from Dakar, Mane attracted the attention of Metz having played for local second-tier club Generation Foot.
After enhancing his reputation at Salzburg, Mane joined Southampton, where his feats included scoring a record-breaking 176-second Premier League hat-trick against Aston Villa.
In mid-2016, the Senegalese signed for Liverpool and went on to form a fearsome front three with Salah and Brazilian Roberto Firmino.
As Mane moved to Bayern, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said: “My only criticism of Sadio is that maybe at times he is the only one not to realize just how good he is.”
Football: African awards winners
Men
Player of the Year: Sadio Mane (Senegal)
Club Player of the Year: Mohamed el Shenawy (Al Ahly/Egypt)
Young Player of the Year: Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal)
Coach of the Year: Aliou Cisse (Senegal)
National Team of the Year: Senegal
Club of the Year: Wydad Casablanca (Morocco)
Goal of the Year: Pape Ousmane Sakho (Senegal, Simba/TAN)
Women
Player of the Year: Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)
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