Andrew Cruise, MD of vendor-neutral cloud infrastructure provider, Routed.
SOUTH AFRICA’S TECH SOVEREIGNTY HAS BEEN SOLD. In a SHOCKING corporate takeover, the continent’s premier “neutral” cloud guardian, Routed, has been SWALLOWED WHOLE by German tech giant Evoila, sparking fears of a new era of digital colonialism.
This isn’t just a business deal—it’s a BETRAYAL of African data independence. Promises of “continuity” and “enhanced scale” are a THIN VEIL for what this truly represents: the LOSS of local control over critical digital infrastructure to a FOREIGN entity. For years, Routed touted its “sovereign, enterprise-grade” cloud as a bulwark against external control. TODAY, that mission lies in ruins.
The so-called “leadership continuity” is a SMOKESCREEN. While Andrew Cruise remains at the helm, he now ANSWERS to a foreign boardroom with its own global agenda. Can a company truly be “Africa’s centre of cloud excellence” when its ultimate masters are in Europe? This acquisition exposes the UGLY TRUTH: in the high-stakes game of global tech, even the most principled local heroes have a price.
Evoila’s CEO openly admits Africa is a “fast-growing digital market” ripe for the plucking—a transformation THEY now intend to lead and profit from. This deal hands a foreign corporation the keys to the kingdom for Africa’s digital future, CONCENTRATING power and potentially diverting profits offshore. The promise of “fit-for-purpose, locally hosted cloud” now rings HOLLOW.
One question now haunts the continent: when the next data sovereignty battle is fought, whose side will your cloud provider really be on?
Author: Kayitsi.com
