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Cassava Technologies strengthens Africa's cloud resilience...
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20 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 20 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Cassava Technologies' Africa Data Centres has been designated a Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Metro peering location in Johannesburg, the first in Africa, enabling redundant private cloud connectivity to Azure with integrated cyber security through its Liquid C2 service.
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If you're selling enterprise software or SaaS into South Africa, your customers can now route mission-critical workloads through local resilient infrastructure instead of shipping data through international pipes. That changes which sales conversations you win and which you lose.
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Cloud Infrastructure · Cybersecurity · azure-expressroute · data-centre-peering · cloud-resilience · africa-infrastructure · regulatory-compliance