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Alliance Targets Digital Sovereignty, Data Residency and Low-Latency Cloud Services Across Key African Markets
UniCloud Africa, Africa’s premier pan-African sovereign cloud provider, has entered into a strategic partnership with Open Access Data Centres (OADC), one of the continent’s fastest-growing data centre operators, to accelerate Africa’s digital transformation and strengthen its technological independence.
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Under the agreement, UniCloud Africa will deploy its enterprise-grade sovereign cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure within OADC’s carrier-neutral, world-class data centre facilities in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Africa.
The collaboration creates a resilient, in-country digital backbone that enables governments and enterprises to modernise operations while maintaining strict data residency and regulatory compliance.
Driving the ‘One Cloud, One Africa’ Vision
The partnership reinforces UniCloud Africa’s “One Cloud, One Africa” strategy. A roadmap designed to eliminate the latency, compliance, and sovereignty risks associated with offshore hyperscale cloud services. By leveraging OADC’s Tier III–certified infrastructure, UniCloud Africa will deliver high-performance cloud environments for mission-critical workloads, backed by contractual Tier III uptime service-level agreements.
Krish Ranganath
“Our mission is to provide the definitive foundation for Africa’s digital and economic independence. Hosting our sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure within OADC’s facilities ensures that African data remains on African soil. This partnership delivers low-latency access, local-currency billing, and ISO-certified, in-country data management tailored to Africa’s unique regulatory and operational realities,” said Krish Ranganath, Chief Executive Officer of UniCloud Africa.
Building a Multi-Market Digital Backbone
OADC’s rapidly expanding footprint gives UniCloud Africa the scale and geographic diversity required to serve Africa’s most important economic hubs:
- Nigeria: Deployment at OADC’s Lagos campus to support the country’s fast-growing fintech, public sector, and enterprise ecosystems
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Introduction of critical local cloud capacity in Kinshasa to support national digital acceleration
- South Africa: Use of OADC’s distributed national footprint to deliver resilient, geographically separated primary and disaster recovery cloud solutions
According to Ayotunde Coker, CEO of OADC, fully localised cloud infrastructure is now essential to Africa’s economic growth.
Ayotunde Coker
“Africa’s digital future depends on sovereign, in-country infrastructure. Partnering with UniCloud Africa allows us to support a platform that is enabling the next wave of innovation—from AI acceleration to predictable, locally priced cloud services,” said Coker.
Unlocking AI and Advanced Computing at Scale
Beyond core cloud infrastructure, the partnership will support the rollout of UniCloud Africa’s GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) offering. This will enable African governments, startups, and enterprises to access high-performance computing for AI, machine learning, and big data workloads—without the prohibitive costs and data egress fees typically imposed by global cloud providers.
The collaboration offers zero data egress charges and billing in local currencies. These features remove significant financial and regulatory barriers, making advanced digital capabilities more accessible across the continent.
A Strategic Step Toward Africa’s Digital Independence
The UniCloud Africa–OADC partnership merges sovereign cloud platforms with pan-African, carrier-neutral data centres. This positions Africa to retain greater control over its data. It also puts it in a position to accelerate digital innovation, and build a more secure, self-reliant digital economy
