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Okra Expands into Cloud Services to Leverage Altered Operations for Local Businesses.

Nebula Cloud — the cloud that understands Africa

Emeka Eni by Emeka Eni
October 10, 2024
in African, Fintech
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Okra has reportedly launched Nebula in the technology marketplace in a bold move to significantly impact Nigeria’s FinTech landscape. The Newly debuted Nebula infrastructure is Okra’s in-house cloud-based platform. This strategic expansion marks Okra’s entry into the cloud services market, providing a cost-effective alternative to international providers.

Nigerian businesses face significant challenges when relying on foreign cloud services which include currency fluctuations, high transaction costs, and data sovereignty concerns that have long hindered local innovation. Okra’s Nebula addresses these pain points, offering a reliable, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure tailored to Nigerian businesses.

Okra’s entry into the cloud sector will help it expand its revenue streams and offset potential losses from its open banking business. The company has already raised $4.5 million in two rounds, with investors like Susa Ventures, TLcom Capital, and Accenture Ventures.

Nebula’s launch is part of a broader trend among Nigerian tech firms aiming to capture market share from global cloud providers by promoting homegrown solutions.

This initiative is supported by Nigeria’s National Cloud Computing Policy, which encourages government agencies to regulate local cloud service providers which also alters the growth of other local technology companies to expand their operations internationally.

Nebula’s debut with high-performance Cloud computing enables rapid data processing, ideal for demanding applications from Okra’s innovative partnership. The custom-built servers by Okra’s FinTech technology brand were developed to ensure maximum efficiency and performance.

The architectural framework of the startup company’s cloud infrastructure processes automated system optimization and multitasking ease scaling resources up or down to match changing business needs.

Okra’s current cloud-based FinTech operations are powered by its in-house architecture that manages minimal storage options that allow users to choose from object, block, or file storage to suit specific needs and likewise grow storage capacity equivalent to the requested amount of requested cloud storage.

Okra’s announcement about transitioning its FinTech operations to the cloud boosts zero disruption and ensures data integrity with automatic backups and replication. The startup FinTech service provider’s latest cloud service runs on fast data transfer rates to enable seamless communication.

Aside from being a cloud-based FinTech startup, it is worth noting that Okra’s report about its brand development also introduces cloud computing as a service the FinTech startup newly added to its catalog of digital products up for commercial transactions.

Okra reportedly joins the Techbooky’s short list of African startups that commercialize cloud computing solutions in the continent including Nobus, Galaxy, and Layer3.

The FinTech startup’s report about zero chances of experiencing power outage disruption because the FinTech startup cloud infrastructure is plugged into a reserved uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

Having minimized its chances of experiencing operational downtime, Okra’s Nebula will have to prove to Nigerians that it provides a reliable, encrypted, and high-performance cloud infrastructure tailored to the needs of Nigerian businesses.

Okra’s Nebula supports Nigeria’s National Cloud Computing Policy, promoting local cloud adoption and reducing dependence on foreign solutions by empowering startups and entrepreneurs to frontline innovation in significant socioeconomic sectors.

This move is especially timely, considering the naira’s depreciation and the resulting increase in cloud computing costs for Nigerian companies. This move is especially timely, considering the naira’s depreciation and the consequent increase in cloud computing costs for Nigerian companies.

Nebula eliminates foreign exchange hurdles by accepting payments for its services in local currency, Naira, Okra’s local presence Interacts with the local currency which explains the FinTech startup company’s compliance with the local regulatory system on finessing commercial technology innovation.

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