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Nigerians are building affordable alternatives to AWS and Google Cloud (restofworld.org)

submitted 1 week ago by alyaza to c/technology

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Cloud costs for Nigerian companies have shot up after the naira depreciated sharply because most U.S. cloud companies charge in dollars.

Several local cloud startups have sprung up in the last two years. They offer the option to pay in naira, along with data sovereignty and lower latency.

Amazon Web Services started accepting payments in naira in January this year, which experts believe is a reaction to local competition.

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I’m going to suggest you to reword your comment. Because I’m pretty sure it will be interpreted as racist and offensive by some, and I would agree with them. Calling someone’s homeland a “shithole” sucks, especially something as vague as an entire continent. I understand you don’t exactly mean it that way, but in that case, maybe use less insulting language.

But anyways, regarding your question, I guess there are a lot of “richer” African countries (Rwanda, South Africa, Botswana etc.) Nigeria is not necessarily the richest.