Afrigather Liquid Intelligent Technologies has acquired a Cairo-based cloud and cyber safety supplier, Cysiv MEA. Cysiv MEA has been in enterprise since 2008 and specialises in providing enterprise cloud and cyber security services to a few of Egypt’s main corporations, notably within the monetary companies and telecom sectors.
The acquisition comes after Liquid launched in Nigeria final December. Already current in 13 African nations, the corporate’s foray into Egypt will function a lift for its portfolio in Africa. The Cassava Applied sciences subsidiary has additionally been within the news for saying a brand new collaboration with Microsoft to “ship web entry to twenty million underserved individuals in Africa by the tip of 2025.” Liquid additionally introduced a partnership with Nokia to deploy Nokia’s transport community on the brand new terrestrial fibre route connecting Mombasa, Kenya, to Johannesburg, South Africa.
The acquisition will enable Liquid to rebrand Cysiv MEA as Liquid C2 to align it with its international cloud and cybersecurity identification. Based on an announcement by Liquid, the corporate plans to considerably develop Liquid C2 by tapping into the wealth of native tech expertise, making Egypt a key hub for the MENA area.
David Behr, the CEO of Liquid C2, stated in an announcement that the acquisition will assist shield clients from assaults from cybercriminals and nation-state-sponsored attackers. “Liquid recognises the crucial function Cysiv MEA has been taking part in within the cloud and cyber safety business in Egypt and the area. Our important job as a bunch is to help them in bringing extra cyber safety instruments for our clients as they face an more and more hostile international risk setting from cybercriminals and nation-state-sponsored attackers. This may be certain that their enterprise is protected while additionally assembly the calls for for international compliance necessities,” he stated.
Echoing the identical perception, Sherif Shaltout, the vice chairman of operations at Cysiv MEA acknowledged, “We at the moment are in an excellent stronger place to allow our enterprise clients in Egypt and the MENA area to speed up their digital transformation while on the similar time buying extra refined instruments to cope with ever-increasing threats via our expanded cloud and cyber safety companies portfolio.”
