Financial Services & FSCA-Regulated Entities
POPIA-aware cloud with local data residency, encryption key management, and audit logging for banks, asset managers, insurers, and JSE-listed companies.
Rest of Africa · JohannesburgLive
Sovereign Cloud Provider South Africa
POPIA-aware cloud infrastructure for South African enterprises, financial services institutions, healthcare providers, and public sector organisations that need genuine data sovereignty and locally governed operations.
Data residency
Your data stays in South Africa
Choose South Africa as your region and your production data, backups, and logs remain in the country. Operations run under local data protection law, with governance documentation available for review.
Regulatory context
The regulatory picture
POPIA (the Protection of Personal Information Act) sets accountability obligations for organisations processing personal data, including control over where data is held and who can access it. The Johannesburg region keeps your data in South Africa, with access controls and audit logging available for review.
What you can run in South Africa
The full Gewape Cloud product catalog is available from the South Africa region.
Network & infrastructure
Rest of Africa · Johannesburg
Our South Africa region runs on infrastructure we operate under our own ASN (AS203905): bare metal servers, network connectivity, and colocation, managed by our team.
- Own bare metal servers in Johannesburg carrier-neutral facilities
- Network connectivity through Gewape's own ASN (AS203905)
- Bare metal, networking, and colocation we operate
- Power, bandwidth & 24/7 managed operations included
- POPIA-aware governance, not retrofitted compliance
Common workloads in South Africa
Healthcare & Medical
POPIA-compliant infrastructure for electronic health records, medical imaging, and clinical data platforms that require strict data residency and access controls.
Retail & E-Commerce
Scalable managed hosting and application infrastructure for South Africa's retail sector, from enterprise platforms to fast-growing D2C brands.
Mining & Heavy Industry
Bare metal infrastructure and private cloud for data-intensive operational technology, ERP systems, and industrial IoT workloads requiring dedicated resources.
Delivered through the Gewape Cloud Platform
Products in South Africa are delivered by our brands, each on the same open foundations.
Gewape Cloud Infrastructure ↗
Our sovereign and enterprise cloud brand, for regulated and mission-critical workloads in South Africa.
Metal on Cloud ↗
Our dedicated infrastructure and managed operations brand, for performance-intensive environments in South Africa.
Megabit Cloud ↗
Our hosting and digital operations brand, for startups, SMEs, and NGOs in South Africa.
Get started in Johannesburg
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