A major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on the US East Coast knocked out parts of the internet — including African Web3 startups — showing even decentralised platforms still depend on centralised infrastructure.
Some Nigerian firms were hit; others stayed online by spreading their infrastructure across regions or using alternate providers.
The takeaway: Redundancy and multi-cloud setups cost more, but for startups the resilience trade-off is getting more urgent.
Some Nigerian firms were hit; others stayed online by spreading their infrastructure across regions or using alternate providers.
The takeaway: Redundancy and multi-cloud setups cost more, but for startups the resilience trade-off is getting more urgent.
🚨 A major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on the US East Coast knocked out parts of the internet — including African Web3 startups — showing even decentralised platforms still depend on centralised infrastructure.
🇳🇬 Some Nigerian firms were hit; others stayed online by spreading their infrastructure across regions or using alternate providers.
💡 The takeaway: Redundancy and multi-cloud setups cost more, but for startups the resilience trade-off is getting more urgent.