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Thinking out loud about cloud and AI in our markets.

Field notes on agentic AI, data platforms, regulation, cost and the realities of building on AWS across Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

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Layered diagram of a data platform from ingestion through governance to AI and analytics

Data PlatformsAgentic AI

AI-ready data in weeks, not quarters: how LakeStack gets enterprises past the data layer

Most AI pilots stall on data readiness. LakeStack deploys a governed, open data foundation into your own AWS account in weeks. How it works and where it fits.

Shujaa Editorial Team · 6 Oct 2026

Engineers reviewing an AI agent evaluation dashboard in a Nairobi office

Agentic AIAWS in Africa

Why most African AI pilots never reach production, and the five things that change that

Most African GenAI pilots stall before production. Here are the five engineering disciplines that get agentic AI into live service on AWS.

Shujaa Editorial Team · 28 Sept 2026

Government building in Nairobi with cloud infrastructure diagram overlay

RegulationPublic Sector

Kenya's Cloud Policy 2025, explained for CIOs: the three data tiers and what you must do

Kenya's Cloud Policy 2025 sets a cloud-first mandate, three data tiers and CSP accreditation. A practical guide for CIOs in public entities and their suppliers.

Shujaa Editorial Team · 15 Sept 2026

Network map of East Africa showing fibre routes from Nairobi to Cape Town

AWS in AfricaMigration

AWS from Nairobi in 2026: what the infrastructure actually looks like and how to design for it

A clear map of AWS infrastructure reachable from Nairobi in 2026: Cape Town Region, Direct Connect at NBO1, CloudFront, Outposts, and how to design around it.

Shujaa Editorial Team · 2 Sept 2026

Finance and engineering leads reviewing a cloud spend dashboard with currency rates

Cloud CostAWS in Africa

Cloud cost is the number one worry for African CIOs. Here is a FinOps playbook that respects the exchange rate

Cloud cost worries 60% of African tech leaders. A practical FinOps playbook on AWS that accounts for currency risk, with eight levers and a monthly rhythm.

Shujaa Editorial Team · 20 Aug 2026

Whiteboard showing the phases of a partner-led AWS migration from assessment to modernisation

MigrationCloud Cost

Most enterprises pay full price for their AWS migration. They do not have to.

AWS invests in partner-led migrations, assessments and proofs of concept. Here is how that support works, how eligibility is judged and how to prepare.

Shujaa Editorial Team · 5 Aug 2026

Architecture diagram of an AWS lakehouse feeding analytics and AI workloads

Data PlatformsAgentic AI

Build the lakehouse before the agent: a data platform blueprint for African enterprises

AI agents fail on siloed data. A practical AWS lakehouse blueprint with S3, Iceberg, Glue, Lake Formation, Athena and Redshift, governed for DPA, POPIA, NDPA.

Shujaa Editorial Team · 22 Jul 2026