Data Centres & Networks

Angani joins LINX Nairobi interconnection hub

The London Internet Exchange (LINX), the member-owned internet exchange operator, says it has welcomed Angani Ltd, described as the largest and fastest growing cloud services company in East Africa, to its LINX Nairobi interconnection hub.

Angani delivers locally hosted applications, infrastructure and digital services. Angani first connected to LINX Mombasa in 2025 and has added LINX Nairobi to its network strategy this year, strengthening its ability to peer across key locations and support low-latency, reliable services for customers.

LINX took its first steps into Africa with the launch of LINX Nairobi in 2023, where it provides an interconnected and resilient IXP, accessible from multiple data centre locations in Kenya’s capital. LINX Nairobi has over 55 members now live and peering.

LINX Mombasa was then launched in 2025, a strategic gateway and key content hub for East Africa due to its proximity to major international subsea cable systems. Together, the two exchange points give networks greater choice, resilience and control over how their traffic moves within Kenya and across the wider region.

Over the past year, traffic combined across both of the LINX IXPs Kenya has increased twenty-fold, reaching a maximum peak of over 330Gbps. This significant uplift, says LINX, demonstrates the strong demand for high-quality interconnection services and the value LINX brings to the region.

Denson Ngumo from Angani explains: “As a local cloud provider, local peering is instrumental for us. 80% of our traffic is local and that is supported by us connecting to an IXP.” He adds: “Connecting to LINX Nairobi was a matter of when and not if. Having already seen the number of peers our Mombasa POP got access to, peering at LINX Nairobi was a no-brainer. Being part of the LINX ecosystem allows us to give our customers access to cloud services at the lowest latency possible, access to international CDNs and overall network resiliency. We also appreciate LINX’s support of the ecosystem via their numerous events and capacity building sessions.”

By peering locally at LINX Nairobi and LINX Mombasa, LINX says networks can exchange traffic closer to the end user, reducing reliance on international transit routes and helping to deliver faster, more reliable digital experiences.



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