Wingu Africa has launched Wingu Cloud Exchange (WCX), a locally hosted private cloud platform designed for the wider East African region.
WCX gives organisations an alternative to offshore cloud services enabling businesses to grow workloads without complexity.
Launching first in Tanzania, the platform will gradually roll out across all Wingu markets including Ethiopia and Djibouti.
WCX includes Wingu Compute, Wingu Kubernetes, Wingu Drive and Wingu Security, allowing organisations to deploy and manage applications while keeping data within regional borders.
The platform integrates with existing on-premise environments and complements global cloud services such as Azure and AWS.
“Wingu Cloud Exchange is built in direct response to customer demand for a practical, reliable, and locally delivered cloud platform,” said Nicholas Lodge, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Wingu Africa. “WCX makes cloud adoption straightforward, compliant, predictable in cost, scalable on demand and aligned with how organisations in the region actually operate.”
“The launch of Wingu Cloud Exchange is an important step for the region’s digital maturity,” added Erkan Satik, Director of Cloud Ecosystem and Alliances at Wingu Africa. “WCX is simple to use, quick to deploy, and designed to give customers real choice. They can run applications locally for better performance, integrate with global clouds when needed and scale instantly.”
