{
  "id": 2035763,
  "title": "Firms Partner to Advance Sovereign AI, Cloud Solutions across Africa",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/firms-partner-to-advance-sovereign-ai-cloud-solutions-across-africa",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-19T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/08/20/firms-partner-to-advance-sovereign-ai-cloud-solutions-across-africa/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Analytics Intelligence, a prominent provider of AI and data analytics solutions, has formed a strategic partnership with Open Access Data Centres (OADC), a company within the WIOCC Group. This collaboration aims to develop sovereign AI and cloud solutions that empower African enterprises to utilize secure, scalable, and locally hosted AI infrastructure. The partnership merges Analytics Intelligence's enterprise AI platform and advanced analytics capabilities with OADC's expanding network of edge data centres across Africa. Together, they are introducing integrated NeoCloud solutions that streamline AI adoption while tackling the growing need for data sovereignty, regulatory compliance, and high-performance infrastructure throughout the continent. David Edoja, the Founder and CEO of Analytics Intelligence, emphasized, \"Africa's AI future hinges not only on powerful technology but also on infrastructure that is secure, resilient, and tailored to our markets. With OADC, we are placing enterprise-grade AI and its computational power directly into the hands of African organizations, enabling them to innovate with confidence while maintaining their data within the continent and under their control.\" Ayotunde Coker, CEO of OADC, commented, \"Our mission has consistently been to bring top-tier digital infrastructure closer to the businesses and communities that depend on it. By partnering with [AI] Analytics Intelligence, we are merging that infrastructure with advanced AI capabilities to assist organizations in accelerating innovation while meeting their performance, security, and compliance requirements.\"",
  "summary": "Analytics Intelligence, a leading provider of artificial intelligence and data analytics solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with Open Access Data Centres (OADC), a WIOCC Group company, to develop",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}