Unicloud Africa, the premier pan-African cloud platform focused on advancing the continent’s digital sovereignty, has unveiled the launch and immediate availability of its enterprise-grade Sovereign Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
This groundbreaking service is now available in six countries: Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Senegal, and Mozambique, aiming to empower enterprises and governments with unprecedented control and performance.
Operating under the powerful mission of “One Cloud, One Africa,” this launch is strategically powered by TouchNet, a leading Africa Technology Services provider, with the partnership ensuring the platform offers a robust, world-class, and fully compliant alternative to expensive, high-latency offshore cloud providers.
At the media launch in Lagos, Mr. Ladi Okuneye, CEO of Unicloud Africa, captured the platform’s vision, declaring, “The platform is the foundation for Africa’s true Digital and Financial Independence.”
He explained that Unicloud Africa is engineered to solve the most critical pain points for African businesses by delivering on three core pillars: Financial Sovereignty, Certified Security, and AI Acceleration.
Financial Sovereignty and Predictable Costs
The platform is designed to eliminate the financial uncertainty and hidden costs that typically hinder growth. Firstly, it guarantees Zero Data Egress Fees, a critical cost differentiator that ensures predictable monthly billing and allows businesses to retrieve their own data freely. Secondly, with Local Currency Billing, enterprises can now pay for world-class cloud services in their local currency, eliminating the burden of foreign exchange (FX) volatility and unpredictable costs. Finally, the platform is delivered on a Flexible OpEx Model—a pay-per-use structure—helping businesses conserve capital by removing the need for significant CapEx on IT infrastructure.
Certified Security and Guaranteed Resilience
Unicloud Africa is built on global standards to ensure trust and compliance. Its architecture features two active-active availability zones and includes a contractual 99.999% Uptime SLA on storage, providing the unmatched resilience required for mission-critical enterprise workloads. Furthermore, the platform offers Sovereign Data Compliance, guaranteeing that all sensitive data is hosted and processed 100% in-country, which is vital for regulatory adherence across finance, healthcare, and government sectors. The entire platform operates under the highest Global Certifications, including ISO 27001 (Information Security) and ISO 22301 (Business Continuity).
AI Acceleration and Technical Leadership
Unicloud Africa is democratizing access to the specialized computing power needed for Africa’s next wave of innovation. Through GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS), high-performance, GPU-enabled cloud servers are available on demand, providing the specialized compute power needed to run complex AI models and large-scale applications, thereby accelerating use cases like real-time fraud detection and AI-driven analytics. Additionally, the services offer excellent Developer Compatibility, providing a familiar feature set that aligns with leading global cloud platforms, ensuring rapid adoption by local and international development teams.
Mr. Ladi Okuneye emphasized that this launch is a “strategic shift” to provide world-class infrastructure backed by in-country data management.
Also, Mr. Charly Bahous, CEO of TouchNet, confirmed that the partnership is directly accelerating Africa’s digital transformation by delivering secure, scalable, and locally optimized AI Cloud infrastructure.
This commitment was echoed by Dr. Ayotunde Coker, CEO of OADC, who stated, “We firmly believe that fully localised cloud infrastructure is critical for economic growth and Africa’s digital future.”