How Unitellas Is Powering Nigeria’s Digital Future
Published on 07-Jul-2025
In a fast-digitizing world, Unitellas Edge Cloud is emerging as a trailblazer in cloud computing in Nigeria. In a recent feature with Industrial Times, Smith Osemeke, MD/CEO of Unitellas International Limited, laid out the company’s mission: to build fast, local, secure, and scalable edge cloud infrastructure that brings computation closer to Nigerian users.
By partnering with U.S.-based Zadara, Unitellas is enabling businesses, - especially in finance, oil & gas, and healthcare - to leverage low-latency cloud services without sending data offshore. This helps meet the demand for real-time applications and supports local compliance regulations.
By partnering with U.S.-based Zadara, Unitellas is enabling businesses, - especially in finance, oil & gas, and healthcare - to leverage low-latency cloud services without sending data offshore. This helps meet the demand for real-time applications and supports local compliance regulations.
Our impact goes far beyond private enterprise. As a leading contributor to Nigeria’s Sovereign Cloud agenda, we are working closely with NITDA and Galaxy Backbone to develop the 1 Government Cloud. This initiative ensures sensitive public data is hosted within Nigeria’s borders, thereby boosting national cybersecurity, reducing foreign cloud reliance, and reinforcing digital sovereignty.
Billing in naira rather than foreign currency also shields clients from FX fluctuations and lowers cost barriers for SMEs across the country.
Billing in naira rather than foreign currency also shields clients from FX fluctuations and lowers cost barriers for SMEs across the country.
More than a tech vendor, Unitellas positions itself as a national enabler of Africa’s digital economy. Our edge cloud solutions in Africa aim to empower indigenous innovation, create jobs, and transform Nigeria into a regional digital powerhouse. As cloud adoption accelerates across the continent, Unitellas is not just keeping pace, we’re setting it.
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