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Infrastructure forEvery Layerof the Stack

Five product lines, all running on the same sovereign, open-source foundation. Every configuration ships with AI inference built in as standard.

Dedicated Bare Metal : Your hardware, Your rules

  • Dedicated Chassis

    A physical server assigned to one tenant only. No hypervisor, no shared tenancy, no noisy neighbours. The hardware boundary is the security boundary.

  • Node / Server / Rack

    Rent by the node, the server, or the full rack. Capacity scales with the size of the workload, not a fixed tier. Start with one node and grow.

  • Hardware-boundary Security

    The physical boundary of the machine is the security boundary. Nothing to misconfigure at the virtualisation layer, so it is simple to audit and explain to a regulator.

Why Bare Metal for Regulated Workloads

AfWS vs. shared cloud: the honest comparison

Shared Cloud Platforms

  • Hypervisor sits between tenant and hardware
  • Theoretical and, in regulated contexts, real data exposure
  • One tenant's spike can degrade another's performance
  • USD-denominated billing, subject to export controls
  • Data routed offshore to Europe or the US
  • 120ms+ latency from Africa

AfWS Bare Metal

  • Dedicated physical chassis per tenant, with no hypervisor to snoop through
  • Hardware boundary is the security boundary
  • Full physical isolation, no neighbouring workload ever touches your compute
  • Commercial options in naira, open architecture
  • Data stays in Lagos under Nigerian jurisdiction
  • Sub-8ms on-continent latency
Sector solutions

Who we serve

  • Fintech & Banking

    The CBN's June 2026 circular introduces local data-management requirements for regulated payment-system participants from 1 January 2027. For banks, fintechs and payment companies, infrastructure location is now a compliance consideration. AfWS keeps payment transaction data in Lagos, on dedicated hardware.

    • Supports CBN localisation from 1 January 2027
    • Sub-8ms on-continent latency
    • Dedicated chassis per tenant
  • Government & Public Sector

    Sovereign alternative to foreign cloud for federal agency inference workloads, with transparent local-currency pricing and Nigerian-jurisdiction data.

    • 100% data sovereignty
    • Nigerian-jurisdiction data
    • FGN partnership ready
  • Healthcare

    Dedicated chassis isolation for medical imaging and telemedicine, with sub-8ms round-trip for Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt.

    • NDPR compliant
    • Medical imaging optimised
    • Telemedicine-grade latency
  • Enterprise & Analytics

    Data warehousing, batch processing, and ML pipelines with the regional latency advantage of on-continent hosting. AI inference at every tier, standard.

    • AI inference built-in
    • Commercial options in naira
    • 117× revenue per rack
  • Security & Intelligence

    Hardware-boundary isolation for classified and sensitive workloads. No hypervisor, no shared tenancy, no offshore routing. Auditable down to the chassis.

    • Supports CBN localisation from 1 January 2027
    • Sub-8ms on-continent latency
    • Dedicated chassis per tenant
  • Startups & Scale-Ups

    Node-level pricing that scales with the business, without the cloud bill shock that hits fast-growing African startups on hyperscaler pricing. Start with a single node; expand to a full rack without changing providers.

    • 100% data sovereignty
    • Nigerian-jurisdiction data
    • FGN partnership ready
Get in touch

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Talk to the engineers building it

Sales, procurement, or partnership. We respond within one business day. Critical infrastructure issues are handled 24/7.

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Africa Web Services FZE,Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

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0810 546 3946Critical infrastructure line