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Ideas from the engineers doing the work.

Notes on the tools, laws and infrastructure realities that shape how we build in Zambia and across Africa.

A Google Workspace partner advising a client team in a meeting, beside a team working together on shared laptops with Gmail, Drive and Meet.
Workspace6 min read

Buying Google Workspace in Africa: the Partner You Choose Matters More Than the Price List

The IT friction that starts around your fifth hire only compounds from there. Connectivity, a regional cloud skills gap, and where the licensing money actually leaks: what changes when you buy Workspace through a partner instead of straight from Google.

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Email and documents moving from a cPanel server rack into Google Workspace apps such as Gmail, Drive, Docs and Meet, while two colleagues look on.
Migration7 min read

Why Move From cPanel or an In-House Mail Server to Google Workspace? What You Gain and What It Takes

Mailboxes on a cPanel host or a server in your own rack do one job. Workspace does the rest of the job too: shared files, meetings, storage and control over who has access. What you gain, what you stop worrying about, and what the move involves.

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