Moustafa was honoured as one of the 100 most powerful and influential executives in international wholesale telecommunications
Abou Moustafa, Vice President Enterprise Fixed, Broadcast and datamena at du, has been included in this year’s Capacity Power 100. Moustafa has been recognised for his leadership role within datamena following a track record of driving long-term sustainable growth across innovative technology and telecoms businesses. Over the last 12 months, he has supported the transformation of datamena from regional hub in the MENA region to a global interconnect ecosystem with hubs in Mumbai and Marseille.
The Capacity Power 100 is an annual listing of the 100 most powerful and influential men and women in the wholesale telecommunications sector. The listing names industry representatives from carriers, satellite service providers, data centre operators, subsea cable operators, internet exchanges, as well as a range of global influencers.
“I am honoured to be featured in Capacity’s Power 100 for the second consecutive year. It gives me great pride to be included amongst a list of powerful innovators, critical thinkers and industry leaders from across the globe,” said Abou Moustafa, Vice President at datamena. “The next step on our journey is enabling digital transformation on a global scale and transforming our business from a regional hub to a truly global content and cloud ecosystem. Organisations across Asia, Africa and Europe are asking us to bring our ecosystem to their regions and we are ready to provide for them in the same way we did in the Middle East. datamena is on a unique and innovative journey and I’m proud to be a part of it.”
datamena has over 200 partners with a growing ecosystem of carriers, enterprises, content and cloud providers spanning Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It is home to UAE-IX, which has 75 IX peers and 80 Gbps in peak traffic. datamena provides digital infrastructure hubs in Dubai, UAE, Mumbai, India and Marseille, France to deliver direct access to cloud and content hubs through a single platform and user experience across the globe.
“We are happy to see Abou recognised for his dedication to the industry and the international development of datamena. He has been instrumental in driving its international expansion and helping to position datamena as a global brand,” said Hany Aly, Executive Vice President Enterprise Business, Commercial at du. “datamena has a tremendous opportunity to grow in new markets and offer partners a seamless experience across critical cloud and content hubs. We are excited to see datamena continue to expand and support global transformation.”
Abou Moustafa joined du in 2014 as Vice President of Managed Services and Business Solutions and has since expanded his responsibilities to include Managed Services and Broadcast as well as datamena. He has a track record of driving long-term sustainable growth across innovative technology and telecoms businesses. With two decades of experience, he has a proven ability to define and deliver sales and marketing strategies that deliver results.
