Niraj has great proficiency in commercial strategy development and sales growth in the B2B sector.

He started his telecommunications career in 2009 as the Business Markets and Wholesale Marketing Manager, when France Telecom entered the Kenyan market in 2008 with the Orange brand taking on a majority stake in Telkom Kenya.

Niraj has been in the data centre industry in Kenya for the last 5 years and as General Manager he has managed Tier III data centres. He has wealth of knowledge about the African DC market.

He has over 15 years’ experience in management and thought leadership and as the Director of Sales & Business Development for IXAFRICA DATA CENTRE,and spearheads the commercial strategy while being responsible for the Pan African growth of IXAFRICA DATA CENTRE LTD.

He is on the leadership committee of the DATACLOUD GLOBAL CONGRESS and is a key participant in world-wide conferences and forums on discussions on digitalization and the growth of data centres in Africa, particularly the benefits of Kenya.