Senegal's Sonatel partners Amazon to provide local cloud services
TLDR
- Sonatel and Amazon partner to launch locally hosted cloud services in North and West Africa through Wavelength platform
- Wavelength offers flexibility, reliability, heightened security with minimal latencies for enhanced accessibility and security
- Additional services like Application Load Balancer and Amazon EMR to be available in Wavelength Zone within six months of Edge Zone's availability
Senegalese telecom giant Sonatel and Amazon's web services have reportedly inked a partnership deal to launch locally hosted cloud services in North and West Africa through a platform dubbed Wavelength.
The platform boasts flexibility, reliability, and heightened security, providing companies access to business applications with minimal latencies. Hosting user data locally is deemed a significant advantage, ensuring enhanced accessibility and security for users in Senegal and across the sub-region.
In addition, the Wavelength Zone will offer supplementary services like Application Load Balancer and Amazon EMR within six months of the Edge Zone's availability. Sonatel views this collaboration as a pivotal advancement in the realm of virtual services.
Key Takeaways
The demand for faster computing solutions in sectors like banking, telecommunications, and healthcare is propelling cloud operators towards Africa. Projections indicate that the African cloud market will grow by 15% annually, reaching $18 billion by 2028. This growth is driven by increased data consumption, necessitating secure local data hosting solutions. AWS's infrastructure allows customers in regulated industries to deploy and run applications locally, meeting data residency, latency, and security requirements. Despite its global dominance in the cloud infrastructure market, AWS has a limited presence in Africa, primarily operating in South Africa. However, with the proliferation of 5G services across the continent, there is significant potential for cloud service expansion in Africa.
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