Built in Africa. Built for what comes next.
Since 1997, 21st Century Technologies has built infrastructure and technology capabilities for organisations operating in a fast-changing digital economy.
Evidence, not slogans.
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- 1997Founded in NigeriaCompany incorporation
- 2Uptime Institute Certifications of Design Documents (Tier IV and Tier III)Two registry entries: DHDX (Tier IV) and Konet DC01 and DC03 (Tier III). Design documents only.
- Jan 2023Digital Expert Academy officially opened
Built here. Operated here.
Fibre, data centres and power are central to the 21CTL story. The sourced history, with dates and attribution, is in Insights.
From connectivity to a connected technology ecosystem.
The story spans fibre infrastructure, mission-critical data centres, enterprise technology, digital platforms, partnerships and practical capability development.
- 1997–2007
Foundation
21st Century Technologies was founded in 1997. Wale Ajisebutu has said that the company completed its first data-centre project in 2004.
- 2008–2016
Connectivity and infrastructure
In December 2008 Ericsson announced a contract with 21CTL to supply, build and system-integrate a residential GPON fibre network in Nigeria.
- 2017–2021
Platforms and diversification
Cloud-provider, infrastructure and digital-services partnerships, including the VMware Cloud Provider programme in 2017 and Centili in 2020.
- 2022–2024
DigitalHub and people
Lekki Phase 1 was reported available in 2022, with a larger Ikeja campus planned. The Digital Expert Academy opened in January 2023.
- 2025–2026
Open innovation, sovereign cloud and AI
A co-creation agreement with Epicenter in 2025, and a strategic partnership announced with China Mobile International in June 2026 on localised cloud and AI-ready infrastructure.
Technology grows through people and partnerships.
America Corner Lekki is one example of infrastructure becoming a platform for education, innovation and international collaboration.
Long-term infrastructure thinking.
Wale Ajisebutu founded 21st Century Technologies in 1997 around a long-term belief that world-class digital infrastructure could be built and operated in Nigeria.