Niraj Shah

Sales and Business Development Director

IX Africa

Biography

Niraj started his telecommunications career as the Business Markets and Wholesale marketing manager, when France Telecom entered the Kenyan market in 2008 with Orange.

He has been in the African data centre industry for the last 5 years and has managed Tier III data centres. Niraj has 15 years’ experience in thought leadership and management and as the Director of Sales for IXAFRICA DATA CENTRE, he spearheads the commercial strategy and is responsible for the pan African growth of IXAfrica. Recently Helios Investment Partners announced the closing of its $50 million growth capital investment into the Company.

IXAFRICA is the first carrier neutral hyperscale data centre in East Africa, located in the capital city of Nairobi, in Kenya.