Local Data Localization
Quote from Ndubuisi Ekekwe on June 7, 2018, 7:42 PMThe good people of Business Day quoted me today on a piece on data center localization in Nigeria. You can read the full piece here.
Ndubuisi Ekekwe, a professor of technology does not see any competitive advantage in localizing data. For him, the House move – should it be enforced by federal government – will only stifle the growth of technology startups.
“Most Nigerian start-ups host their data outside Nigeria because the local alternatives are largely more expensive,” Ekekwe wrote in a post. He further notes that the enforcement could compel many startups would reincorporate in US, and then pay US taxes even though the customers are Nigerian customers.
The good people of Business Day quoted me today on a piece on data center localization in Nigeria. You can read the full piece here.
Ndubuisi Ekekwe, a professor of technology does not see any competitive advantage in localizing data. For him, the House move – should it be enforced by federal government – will only stifle the growth of technology startups.
“Most Nigerian start-ups host their data outside Nigeria because the local alternatives are largely more expensive,” Ekekwe wrote in a post. He further notes that the enforcement could compel many startups would reincorporate in US, and then pay US taxes even though the customers are Nigerian customers.
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