Cloud-to-Cloud Backup and Compliance: A Critical Need for African Businesses

Cloud-to-cloud backup: Protecting your data, ensuring compliance, and enabling recovery across Africa

As businesses across Africa increasingly rely on cloud-based applications like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, safeguarding digital assets is no longer optional — it's essential. Accidental deletion, cyberattacks, or service disruptions can result in devastating data loss. More critically, African governments are introducing or strengthening data protection laws that mandate secure, retrievable data practices.

Cloud-to-Cloud Backup, such as OpenText’s CloudAlly solution, ensures your organisation remains resilient and compliant in this evolving landscape. Here's why it matters — and what compliance trends African businesses need to know in 2025.

Prevent Data Loss and Ensure Business Continuity

Cloud-to-Cloud Backup automatically stores encrypted copies of your cloud data (emails, files, calendar items, and more) in a secure, geographically separate location. If your primary cloud service is compromised — whether due to human error, ransomware, or outages — you can restore critical data in minutes. This dramatically reduces operational downtime and reputational risk.

Explore how CloudAlly secures SaaS data across platforms like Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, and more.

Enhance Operational Resilience in a Risk-Filled Environment

Business continuity is non-negotiable. From power outages to targeted cyber threats, African businesses face increasing IT risks. A robust cloud backup system allows you to bounce back from disruption quickly. That’s why OpenText emphasizes cloud-to-cloud recovery as a core pillar of modern IT resilience.

Achieve Cost-Efficient, Scalable Data Retention

Unlike on-premises backups, cloud-based backup is flexible, cost-effective, and scalable as your organisation grows. CloudAlly’s solutions are consumption-based, meaning you only pay for what you use. For small to mid-sized businesses in Africa, this reduces infrastructure overhead while aligning with budget realities.

Meet Africa’s Growing Compliance Requirements

African nations are enacting stronger privacy and data protection laws, requiring businesses to store, secure, and manage data responsibly. CloudAlly plays a key role in helping businesses achieve compliance by storing backups in secure, independently certified global and local data centres — including South Africa.

Key Regulations to Consider:

• South Africa’s POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act):

  Requires responsible parties to safeguard personal information. CloudAlly has launched a South Africa-based AWS data center to support POPIA-compliant backup strategies.

  
  

• Botswana’s New Data Protection Act (2025):

  Coming into effect in February 2025, this new legislation mandates secure data processing and retention. Cloud-to-cloud backup helps ensure recoverability and transparency — two key pillars of compliance.

  
  

• Kenya’s Data Protection Act:

  Requires businesses to implement appropriate technical safeguards and storage practices. Learn how CloudAlly helps organizations meet international privacy standards.

  
  

• Nigeria’s NDPR (Nigeria Data Protection Regulation):

  Demands secure storage, access controls, and demonstrable backup capabilities. CloudAlly’s solutions help Nigerian companies remain aligned with national privacy mandates.

  
  

• The African Union’s Malabo Convention:

  This continental cybersecurity and data protection framework sets regional standards. Backups aligned with frameworks like CloudAlly’s support cross-border compliance and customer trust.

Learn more about CloudAlly’s global data center footprint — including the South African hub — to meet data residency requirements.

Don’t Wait for a Data Breach

Whether you're a financial institution in Lagos, a healthcare provider in Gaborone, or a government department in Nairobi, cloud-to-cloud backup is not just an IT function — it’s a compliance and business resilience strategy. By leveraging solutions like OpenText Cloud-to-Cloud Backup, African businesses can meet evolving legal obligations, build customer trust, and ensure business continuity.

CyberHub Africa is the official distributor for CloudAlly, Carbonite, and Webroot across Southern Africa and beyond. We work with IT resellers and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant data protection solutions tailored for the African market.

👉 Contact us today to find out how CloudAlly can help your customers protect their SaaS data and meet compliance — locally and across the continent.