85% of Nigerian workloads run on public clouds as government pushes localisation
Nigeria is moving to bring more of its cloud infrastructure within the country, seeking to cut reliance on overseas systems and keep more of the digital economy’s value at home.
The Nigerian government is pushing to increase the country's local cloud infrastructure as part of a broader strategy to reduce reliance on overseas systems and keep more value from the digital economy within the nation. According to Kashifu Inuwa, director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), more than 85% of Nigerian workloads currently run on public clouds.
However, the country only hosts 22% of its 1,000 most-accessed websites locally, falling short of the Sub-Saharan Africa average of 34%. The government aims to address this through the National Sovereign Cloud Initiative, which sets out policy, technical, and quality requirements for hosting more digital services within Nigeria.
The initiative seeks to reduce exposure to foreign infrastructure, retain technology spending within the country, and enhance the resilience of critical services. By localising cloud infrastructure, Nigeria hopes to generate more economic activity, create high-value jobs, and mitigate risks associated with foreign-currency exposure and geopolitical risks.
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