Demshi Investment Holdings (Demshi) and Africa Online have entered into a Master Service Agreement (MSA) to collaborate on expanding fibre connectivity in Namibia.
Under the terms of the agreement, Africa Online will lease Demshi’s fibre infrastructure to provide fibre internet services to its clients.
Demshi Founder and Managing Director, Werner Shilunga, said the Demshi fibre network in Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Windhoek (Khomasdal) covers over 15,000 home passes.
“Demshi’s fibre network is concentrated in middle- to low-income areas, and thus this MSA opens a new market for Africa Online to expand their internet service to a previously unserved market,” he said.
The agreement was signed at the AfricaCom conference in Capetown, a gathering of telecom operators and equipment providers in Africa.
The agreement was signed by Shilunga and CEO of Africa Online, Ingram van Heerden, for the Namibian market only.
Shilunga said the signature of the MSA by AfricaOnline and other ISPs on their network goes a long way in narrowing the digital divide within our towns and will bring about socio-economic development in these areas by connecting these households and making them actors in the digital economy.
“We are extremely happy to partner up with AfricaOnline, an internet service provider (ISP), which has been at the forefront of the internet in Namibia for many years. The signature of the MSA is another testimony about the quality of our network. We look forward to signing up more ISPs in the coming months to connect more clients to fast, stable and reliable fibre internet,” he said.
Africa Online Namibia offers internet services, including fibre-optic broadband, for both home and business users.
Residential packages (NawaFi) provide uncapped speeds up to 45 Mbps, while business packages (OptiFi) offer up to 135 Mbps, with options for secure, dedicated connectivity ideal for critical operations.
This comes as Demshi aims to connect 100,000 Namibian households to its fibre optic network by 2027.
To achieve this, the company plans to invest approximately N$104 million in expanding its infrastructure across the country.
