Liquid launches second Azure Stack in Tanzania

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has teamed up with a provider of carrier-neutral data center services, Wingu.Africa, to launch the second Azure hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) stack in Tanzania.

Azure Stack HCI ensures that businesses meet the local compliance standards by letting customers run applications designed for virtualized infrastructure.

In a statement, Liquid said the investment will provide a more conducive environment for local businesses to accelerate their digital transformation journeys.

"In 2021, we were the first to bring Azure Stack to Tanzanian businesses, helping them gain access to cloud solutions that met the local data regulatory requirements and efficiently run latency-sensitive business applications," said Liquid Intelligent Technologies Tanzania Acting CEO Manish Govindji.

The news of the second Azure Stack HCI launch in Tanzania comes three weeks after Liquid Intelligent Technologies Zambia announced the official launch of Azure Stack for its customers. (Source: Image by www.slon.pics on Freepik)

"This is yet another milestone we achieved as we continue to work towards empowering our customers to adopt cloud and contribute to making Tanzania a digital economy," Govindji continued.

Furthermore, Wingu.Africa Co-Founder and Chief Strategist Nicholas Lodge said Wingu.Africa's involvement will ensure that companies choose their preferred service providers.

"The Wingu group is thrilled to collaborate with Liquid Intelligent Technologies in introducing Tanzania's second Azure Stack, a pivotal step in accelerating the nation's digital transformation," Lodge added.

Liquid spreads its African wings

Liquid has deployed Azure Stacks in multiple African countries and launched Azure Stacks in Kenya in 2019.

The news of the second Azure Stack HCI launch in Tanzania comes three weeks after Liquid Intelligent Technologies Zambia announced the official launch of Azure Stack for its customers.

Liquid Intelligent Technologies is part of pan-African technology group Cassava Technologies, which operates in more than 25 countries in Africa, and Liquid has invested heavily on its 110,000km fiber broadband network across Africa.

Apart from deploying Azure Stacks, the company launched two terrestrial fiber routes – Kenya to Ethiopia and Zambia to Malawi in August 2023. In the same month, it also launched a major high-speed fiber ring in Botswana's capital Gaborone.

Moreover, in May 2023, Liquid Dataport launched a new fiber route connecting Mombasa in Kenya to Muanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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*Top image source: Liquid Intelligent Technologies.

— Matshepo Sehloho, Associate Editor, Connecting Africa