Tech firms launch country first sovereign cloud to protect sensitive data

For decades, African governments and businesses have had little choice but to send their most sensitive data to servers thousands of kilometres away. Kenya has now changed that.

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Tech industry leaders launch a platform in Nairobi to advance data sovereignty and AI capacity. [File,Standard]

For decades, African governments and businesses have had little choice but to send their most sensitive data to servers thousands of kilometres away. Kenya has now changed that.

Three technology firms, Atlancis Technologies, Everse Technology (EverseTech) and iXAfrica Data Centres, launched Servernah Cloud, Kenya's first sovereign-hosted cloud and artificial intelligence platform designed for regulated and mission-critical workloads.

The platform is hosted within the iXAfrica data centre on Mombasa Road in Nairobi.

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