CEO Letter - February 2026

Welcome back. As we step into 2026, I want to take a moment to acknowledge your continued trust in Deimos and to reflect, briefly, on where we’ve come from, and more importantly, where we’re heading.

Over the past few years, we’ve seen entire industries leap forward. From fintechs scaling faster with Kubernetes, to telcos modernising with hybrid cloud, to public sector teams securing sensitive data across multiple platforms. Africa isn’t following global trends anymore. We’re setting them.

But 2026 feels different.

This Year, It’s About Resilience, Clarity, & Meaningful Progress

There’s a growing maturity in how African enterprises think about cloud. We’re seeing less “cloud for the sake of cloud”, and more purposeful transformation. That means aligning infrastructure investments to business outcomes, optimising for cost predictability, and doubling down on secure, compliant, and scalable platforms. The conversations we’re having today are different from those we had in 2021. And that’s a good thing.

As cloud costs have become a boardlevel discussion, the ability to balance innovation with operational efficiency is no longer optional. Whether you're managing compute heavy AI pipelines or running distributed ERP workloads, the same truth applies: visibility and control in the cloud are paramount.

What Matters Most To African Businesses In 2026?

From what we’re seeing, four priorities are shaping cloud strategy across Africa:

1. Multi-Cloud and Regional Flexibility Are a Must

African companies now expect control over where their data lives and how their systems run. With more cloud regions available locally, many CIOs are adopting multi-cloud strategies, not just to save costs, but to meet compliance and performance needs across markets like South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Egypt.

2. AI Is Pushing Infrastructure to Its Limits

AI is transforming industries, but it’s also demanding more from existing systems. We’re helping clients modernise: from using the right GPUs and data pipelines to optimising workloads with tools like Datadog and Grafana.

3. Modernisation Needs to Be Practical

We’re seeing less appetite for long, expensive transformation projects. CTOs today want fast, meaningful results (secure APIs, automation, and better visibility) in weeks, not months. That’s exactly what our modernisation playbook delivers: real progress, real speed.

4. Digital Trust Is Currency

Compliance is no longer the checkbox exercise it once was. Whether you’re processing payments, storing health data, or running government workloads, cloud security architecture must be provable, documented, and auditable. This is why our Cloud Security Assessments and Cloud Architecture Reviews have become the go to starting points for many new customers.

Our Promise to You in 2026

At Deimos, our mission is simple: to bring clarity to complexity. We want to make the cloud easier to understand, easier to manage, and easier to secure. Whether that means simplifying your tools, helping your team adopt new practices, or removing roadblocks that slow you down - we’re here to help you build confidently.

Deimos was founded to raise the standard for cloud engineering in Africa - to prove that businesses here deserve world-class technology, support, and outcomes. We’re proud of how far we’ve come, but even more excited for what’s next.

To our customers: thank you for trusting us with your most important systems.
To our partners: thank you for helping us deliver impact across the continent.
And to those we’ve yet to meet: we can’t wait to build with you.

Let’s get to work.

Warm regards,
Andrew MoriCEO, Deimos