Nobus Opens Nairobi Cloud Zone for Kenyan Businesses and Nonprofits

Nobus Cloud Services has gone live in Kenya with a Nairobi availability zone, giving Kenyan organisations access to its public cloud infrastructure locally.

The zone, designated Nobus-EA-AZ1, is the Nigerian provider's first in East Africa. The launch extends the platform it has built in Nigeria, where it serves businesses, enterprises and government institutions.

Nobus' proposition in Nigeria has centred on local-currency pricing, in-country data storage and lower latency for domestic users. It is bringing the same model to Kenya, where data protection rules place conditions on cross-border transfers and some sectors have their own data residency requirements.

Local-currency billing also gives Kenyan customers an alternative to cloud contracts priced in dollars. AWS began accepting naira payments in Nigeria in January 2025, showing how local-currency billing has become part of the competition in African cloud markets.

Whether the proposition carries the same weight in Kenya is less clear. The country has a more established presence from global cloud providers, while local infrastructure investment is accelerating. Digital Realty opened its 6.4MW Nairobi Two facility in Karen this week, and Oracle is preparing a Nairobi cloud region with iXAfrica.

Nobus is also launching its Catalyst Programme alongside the Nairobi zone. Eligible African startups and enterprises can receive free cloud credits and technical support. Startups and enterprises interested in the programme can apply through the Catalyst Programme.