Liquid C2 Partners With Google Cloud & Anthropic

Liquid C2 has announced its collaboration with Google Cloud and AI (artificial intelligence) company, Anthropic to deliver advanced cloud, cyber security solutions, and generaative AI capabilities to African businesses across the continent.

This follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that the company signed with Google Cloud Africa in November 2023. Liquid C2 is set to improve cyber security and cloud offerings across the continent while introducing them to Google Cloud’s latest technologies, promising heightened security measures among other advantages to its customers. This collaboration is also set to make Liquid C2 to be one of the Google Cloud’s largest Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) in Africa. In addition, the collaboration enables Liquid C2 to bring the capabilities of both Google Cloud and Anthropic’s AI models to its customers.

As a strategic partner of Google Cloud’s innovative solutions in Africa, Liquid C2 will also deliver Google Workspace to customers across the continent. Google Workspace also features embedded generative AI tools to help employees create content and achieve greater productivity and collaboration in the workplace. By fortifying cyber security measures and infusing gen AI capabilities, Liquid C2 envisions a future where security, collaboration, and innovation go hand-in-hand, creating a safer, more productive digital experience for all. As Africa continues to emerge as a hub for technological advancements, collaboration between leading companies like Liquid C2, Google Cloud, and Anthropic plays a crucial role in driving progress, fostering innovation, and attracting global investment.

In a separate but related development, Liquid C2 is also working directly with Anthropic, one of the largest and fastest-growing AI companies globally, to develop AI solutions for large enterprises that want to use it to improve productivity and revenue growth. Anthropic has a strategic partnership with Google Cloud, and Claude – Anthropic’s family of foundational AI models that excel at thoughtful dialogue, content creation, complex reasoning, creativity, and coding – is available in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI.

Speaking on this collaboration, the Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian, said that businesses are increasingly turning to Gen AI to drive efficiencies and improve service delivery to their customers.

” Building on Google’s commitment to investing $1 billion to boost Africa’s digital transformation, our collaborations with market leaders like Liquid C2 and Anthropic will help bring gen AI, security, and other cloud technologies to businesses across the continent. This partnership has the opportunity to transform how African businesses serve and engage their customers as we provide them a foundation for innovation,” Kurian said.

Currently, more than 80% of the largest businesses and organisations operating in more than 31 African countries use a broad spectrum of advanced digital technologies from Liquid supplied by global vendors. Many are keenly interested in moving AI readiness. Liquid C2 will remain a multi-vendor provider, offering its customers best-in-class solutions.

On his part, Strive Masiyiwa, the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Cassava Technologies, which owns Liquid C2, said that collaborations signify a significant step in Africa’s Digital Transformation journey.

“Our collaborations with Google Cloud and Anthropic signify a significant step change in our journey as Africa’s leading cloud and cyber security provider. We recognise the importance of responsible AI in enabling access to economic opportunities and empowering individuals and businesses across the continent. Our partnerships with these two leading technology firms will help us deliver AI-powered solutions that address the unique challenges and opportunities in Africa’s digital transformation journey. Together, we are setting new benchmarks for these solutions that cater to the complex needs of a diverse clientele,” Masiyiwa reiterated.