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Cumulus HQ waives $1,000 cloud cost diagnostic fee for African startups
Techpoint Africa - Jan 27, 2026
Cumulus HQ waives the $1,000 Cloud Cost & Architecture Diagnostic fee for qualified African startups. Many startups spend upwards of $15,000 monthly on AWS without understanding their inefficiencies.

Amazon Kuiper lands in Nigeria, but it isn’t chasing Starlink’s customers
TechCabal - Jan 26, 2026
Amazon's Project Kuiper is expected to launch in Nigeria in 2026, following regulatory approval from the Nigerian Communications Commission. Starlink has been operational in Nigeria since January 30, 2023, focusing on rapid subscriber growth with a plug-and-play model.

When Cloudflare sneezes, the Internet catches a cold: Why everything stops working when Cloudflare is down
Techpoint Africa - Dec 18, 2025
AWS reported 17 million outage reports in 2025, making it the largest service outage. PlayStation experienced 3.9 million outage reports, ranking second in the global outages.

ChatGPT, X, others down in Nigeria as Cloudflare suffers outage
Techpoint Africa - Nov 18, 2025
Cloudflare is experiencing technical problems that limit user accessibility to major websites. ChatGPT is currently displaying an error message related to Cloudflare's challenges.

Vodafone to acquire Skaylink for $204 million to expand cloud services
Bendada.com - Nov 03, 2025
Vodafone agrees to acquire Skaylink for €175 million. The acquisition strengthens Vodafone's presence in cloud, cybersecurity, and digital services.
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