Huawei Cloud and Elenjical Solutions Partner to Accelerate Financial Digital Transformation in Africa

As Africa’s financial sector races toward digital transformation, one thing remains clear: legacy infrastructure is still a massive drag on progress. Now, Huawei Cloud and Johannesburg-based fintech consultancy Elenjical Solutions have partnered to tackle that problem at its root by making cloud adoption faster, safer, and more financially viable for institutions across the continent.

The collaboration pairs Huawei’s rapidly growing cloud infrastructure footprint with Elenjical’s deep, hands-on experience in deploying and managing complex financial systems. These include trading platforms, risk engines, treasury, and compliance systems. Together, the two companies aim to simplify cloud transitions for regulated financial firms, many of whom are still held back by compliance complexity, infrastructure limitations, and the operational risk of migrating live systems.

From Legacy Weight to Cloud Agility

“Financial institutions across Africa are under growing pressure to modernise, but the journey to cloud isn’t simple,” says Tinu Elenjical, CEO and Founder of Elenjical Solutions. “We’re not just moving systems. We’re helping clients reimagine what’s possible with resilient, future-ready architecture that’s built for local realities.”

That includes full technical implementation, minimising migration downtime for business-critical systems. Elenjical Solutions will take the lead on executing cloud migrations across Huawei’s infrastructure, managing deployments for platforms that traditionally cannot afford interruptions, including multi-tier trading systems and real-time risk environments.

   “Our role is to make these transitions smooth, secure and compliant,” adds Colyn van Zyl, Cloud Executive at Elenjical. “That’s where our      edge lies — knowing how to translate fintech complexity into real deployment strategy.”

Local Infrastructure, Global Scale

Huawei Cloud brings serious muscle to the partnership. With 93 availability zones across 33 global regions and more than $100 billion invested in R&D over the past decade, the company is expanding its presence in Africa rapidly. Crucially, its local edge locations and data centres help African clients meet in-country data residency requirements, a major obstacle for regulated industries like banking and insurance.

“Elenjical brings exactly the kind of sector expertise we need to grow and serve financial services clients across Africa,” says Steven Chen, Managing Director of Huawei Cloud South Africa. “Their track record in capital markets technology speaks for itself. Combined with our infrastructure, clients can move forward with confidence.”

A Partnership Built for Real Needs

Unlike generic cloud enablement offerings, this partnership addresses the very real, very specific pain points holding African institutions back. These include the risk of disruption, the lack of specialist cloud talent, and the challenges of ensuring compliance in complex regulatory environments.

By offering not just infrastructure but a clear, tested migration path, Huawei and Elenjical are making it possible for financial firms to modernise without destabilising their operations.

The result is a practical, scalable roadmap to digital transformation for Africa’s financial services industry. One that understands both the high stakes of fintech systems and the on-the-ground realities of operating across a diverse, fragmented continent.

This is not a soft pivot. It is a structural upgrade for African finance, built by companies that know what’s broken and, more importantly, how to fix it.