Australian-headquartered, FirstWave has signed a three-year Level 1 Partner Agreement with Moja Access, part of pan-African technology company CSquared Group.
FirstWave provides safety through the most accessible and adaptive cloud-based cybersecurity solutions that are affordable and easy to implement. Its unique proprietary cloudplatform orchestration is available for service providers and enterprises of any size, anywhere.
Moja Access is the Kenya-based operating company of CSquared, with a goal to make commercially driven investments to improve and increase connectivity and internet access in Sub-Saharan Africa. Internet users across the African nations can now be protected on CSquared’s network from cyber intruders, on a consumption basis, at an affordable monthly price.
In the initial phase of this partnership, FirstWave has deployed its recently launched FirstCloud WebProtect DNS platform for each of CSquared’s four territories for use by CSquared’s operating companies and Level 2 partners. The partnership builds on other recent signings opening further opportunity for FirstWave’s cybersecurity-as-a-service portfolio in Africa, first revenues to flow immediately under ‘opt-out’ path to market.
CSquared currently operates fibre and last mile WiFi networks in several cities across Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and Liberia, with over 40 mobile operators and internet service providers relying on its infrastructure for serving mobile consumers and corporate customers. These four African nations had over 10-million SMMEs and over 70-million internet users at the end of 2020.
FirstWave’s CEO Neil Pollock says: “I’m delighted to welcome CSquared Group’s Moja Access as our 8th Level 1 partner and see initial revenues already flowing from the partnership.
“CSquared is a fast-growing pan- African service provider backed by two large global corporations Google LLC and Mitsui & Co. It already delivers robust fibre connectivity and internet access to thousands of end-customers via its 40-plus mobile operator and ISP clients. With revenues already delivered, the partnership has had a really positive start.”