Nigeria is asking global cloud providers to build more infrastructure inside the country as the government tries to retain technology spending, protect critical services and reduce dependence on overseas systems.
Nigeria is pressing global cloud companies to build more infrastructure inside the country after more than 85% of Nigerian workloads moved to public platforms.
The government has signed regulatory instruments for a National Sovereign Cloud Initiative with Galaxy Backbone Limited, the state-owned digital infrastructure company.
The framework sets policy, technical and quality requirements for hosting more government and business services in Nigeria. It does not ban foreign cloud providers, but asks them to provide a clearer path to local deployment.
Kashifu Inuwa, director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency, told TechCabal that more than 85% of Nigerian workloads now run on public clouds. Only 22% of the country’s 1,000 most-accessed websites are hosted locally, below the 34% average for sub-Saharan Africa.
