UniCloud Africa (UCA) and Open Access Data Centres (OADC) have partnered to strengthen Africa's digital sovereignty.
The partnership will hasten Africa's digital transformation and independence, said OADC.
Under this partnership, UCA will host its enterprise-grade sovereign cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure within OADC’s carrier-neutral facilities in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and SA.
UniCloud Africa provides a high-performance environment for mission-critical workloads by utilising OADC’s Tier-III certified infrastructure, supported by a contractual Tier-III certified uptime service-level agreement.
This collaboration establishes a robust, localised foundation for governments and enterprises to modernise their operations while ensuring absolute data residency and regulatory compliance, according to OADC.
"By hosting our sovereign infrastructure within OADC’s world-class facilities, we are ensuring that African data remains on African soil," said Dr Krish Ranganath, CEO of UniCloud Africa. "The partnership empowers our clients with low-latency access, local currency billing, and the security of ISO-certified, in-country data management that is tailor-made for the continent's unique requirements."
The partnership also aligns with UCA’s "One Cloud, One Africa" strategy, which seeks to eliminate the high-latency and compliance risks associated with offshore cloud providers.
OADC’s extensive footprint provides UCA with the scale needed to serve key economic hubs: Nigeria, the DRC and SA.
"We firmly believe that fully localised cloud infrastructure is critical for economic growth and Africa’s digital future," Dr Ayotunde Coker, CEO of OADC, said. "OADC is committed to providing the essential building blocks for a truly unified African digital ecosystem. Partnering with UCA allows us to support a platform that is driving the next wave of innovation, from AI acceleration to cost-predictability."
Beyond standard infrastructure, the partnership will support the deployment of UniCloud’s GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS), enabling local organisations to harness the power of AI, machine learning , and big data at scale.
The collaboration also removes the financial barriers often posed by global cloud giants with zero data egress fees and billing in local currencies.
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