Qatar and the UAE have new sovereign cloud services following separate launches this week from Ooredoo and du that promise a local alternative to international cloud service providers.
Philippine telco PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, have established a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE) to help build up the skilled workforce needed to support its cloud strategy.
Nigerian fintech startup Okra launched a new cloud infrastructure service on Tuesday that is the latest of several startups in the country that aim to provide a local alternative to cloud giants like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
Carrier-neutral data centre network Wingu Africa has announce the launch of Wingu Cloud Exchange (WCX), a locally hosted private cloud platform designed for the wider East African region.