UNICLOUD Africa (UCA), a pan-African sovereign cloud platform, and Open Access Data Centres (OADC), a leading data centre company in Africa, have signed a strategic partnership to accelerate Africa’s digital transformation and independence.
Partnership Details
Under this partnership, UniCloud Africa 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, and South Africa. This collaboration establishes a robust, localised foundation for governments and enterprises to modernise their operations while ensuring absolute data residency and regulatory compliance.
Alignment with Strategy
The partnership aligns with UniCloud Africa’s “One Cloud, One Africa” strategy, which seeks to eliminate the high-latency and compliance risks associated with offshore cloud providers. By utilising OADC’s Tier-III certified infrastructure, UniCloud Africa provides a high-performance environment for mission-critical workloads, supported by a contractual Tier-III certified uptime SLA.
CEO Statements
CEO of UniCloud Africa, Dr Krish Ranganath, said: “Our mission is to provide the definitive foundation for Africa’s digital and economic independence. By hosting our sovereign infrastructure within OADC’s world-class facilities, we are ensuring that African data remains on African soil. This 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.”
CEO of OADC, Dr Ayotunde Coker, said: “We firmly believe that fully localised cloud infrastructure is critical for economic growth and Africa’s digital future. OADC is committed to providing the essential building blocks for a truly unified African digital ecosystem. Partnering with UniCloud Africa allows us to support a platform that is driving the next wave of innovation, from AI acceleration to cost-predictability.”
Infrastructure Footprint
OADC’s extensive footprint provides UniCloud Africa with the scale needed to serve key economic hubs:
- Nigeria: Leveraging OADC Lagos’s campus to support the country’s booming fintech and enterprise sectors.
- DRC: Providing much-needed local cloud capacity in Kinshasa to drive the nation’s digital acceleration.
- South Africa: Utilising OADC’s expanded national footprint and distributed scale to deliver resilient, geographically separated primary and disaster recovery solutions.
Additional Services
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. With zero data egress fees and billing in local currencies, the collaboration removes the financial barriers often posed by global cloud giants.
