Free IT consultation for East African businesses Book now β†’
JM

Josphat Mutai

Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, DevOps, Linux

Founder and lead engineer at CloudSpinx. AWS, GCP, Azure and RHCE certified with 10+ years building cloud infrastructure for businesses across East Africa.

12 articles

Articles by Josphat

Hosting 17 July 2026 Β· 6 min

Managed Windows Server Hosting in Kenya

Managed Windows Server hosting in Kenya on cloud we run and patch: Active Directory, RDP and MSSQL apps, licensed, backed up and handed over in 24 hours.

Hosting 17 July 2026 Β· 5 min

Remote Desktop Hosting for a Nairobi Office

Remote Desktop hosting for a Nairobi office: sizing RDS and RemoteApp, licensing it, keeping RDP off the open internet, and the bandwidth it really needs.

Hosting 17 July 2026 Β· 6 min

Windows vs Linux Hosting in Kenya

Windows vs Linux hosting for a Kenyan business: what actually forces Windows, what the licence adds to the bill, and when Linux is the cheaper, right call.

Hosting 13 July 2026 Β· 5 min

Dedicated Server vs VPS vs Cloud: What You Actually Need

Dedicated server vs VPS vs cloud: which one a business in Kenya and East Africa actually needs, decided by workload, isolation, cost and the law.

Hosting 12 July 2026 Β· 5 min

Dedicated Server Cost in East Africa: KES, TZS, UGX, ZMW

What a dedicated server really costs in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia: real market ranges in local currency, and what actually drives the price.

DevOps 23 March 2026 Β· 11 min

The CI/CD Wake-Up Call for Kenyan Tech Companies

Most Kenyan dev teams still deploy by SSHing into production. Here is how to set up CI/CD pipelines that actually work, with real YAML examples and KES costs.

Linux 23 March 2026 Β· 14 min

Production Linux Server Setup Checklist for Kenya

Our 15-point production Linux server checklist, from distro selection to monitoring, with real commands from hardening servers for East African businesses.

Cybersecurity 21 March 2026 Β· 13 min

Cybersecurity Threats Facing Kenyan Businesses in 2026

The 8 most common cyber attacks hitting Kenyan SMEs right now, with real incident examples and practical defences that do not require a security team.

IT Strategy 21 March 2026 Β· 12 min

In-House IT vs Managed IT Services in Kenya

A detailed KES cost breakdown comparing hiring IT staff vs outsourcing to a managed provider. Real salary data, hidden costs, and when each option makes sense.

Cloud 19 March 2026 Β· 14 min

Moving Your Business to the Cloud in Kenya

A plain-language guide to cloud migration for Kenyan SMEs: real costs in KES, timelines, and what to move first, from engineers who have done this 40+ times.

Hosting 19 March 2026 Β· 12 min

Managed Server Infrastructure in Kenya

We manage cloud servers, containers, databases and dedicated infrastructure for Kenyan businesses so your team can focus on building products, not firefighting.

Cloud 15 March 2026 Β· 8 min

AWS vs Azure vs GCP for Kenyan Businesses in 2026

We break down real-world performance, pricing in KES, and local support for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud to help East African businesses choose wisely.

← All articles