Datamellon targets growth in Sub-Saharan Africa moves office to Victoria Island, Lagos

    Datamellon targets growth in Sub-Saharan Africa moves office to Victoria Island, Lagos

Datamellon, a top artificial intelligence (AI), cloud and data consulting company, is expanding its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa with a new office in Lagos, Nigeria, as part of its growth strategy in the region.

Datamellon, which currently operates in 11 markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, opened a new office in Victoria Island, Lagos, on Wednesday and is keen to take a bigger share of Nigeria’s growing demand for AI, cloud, and data, said Adewale Adedeji, Chief Executive Officer.

The company plans to help millions of businesses move from experimentation with AI to real, scalable outcomes that make them scale faster and operate more efficiently.

“We have come a long way from our early beginnings in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and later our global headquarters in London. It became clear to us that we needed to do something meaningful back home, both for Africa and for Nigeria. That is what inspired our decision to expand our presence and deepen our roots here,” Adedeji explained.

“We began our journey in Nigeria as the foundation of our Sub-Saharan operations, and today we are proud to establish our home here on Adeyemo Alakija.” he said.

He noted that AI holds tremendous promise and reaffirmed his organisation’s belief in the potential of every country and its economy.

According to him, there are abundant opportunities to support small and medium-sized businesses—helping them become more efficient, scale their operations, and compete more effectively.

The CEO stressed that Al and cloud platforms reduce the need for expensive physical infrastructure, eliminating large upfront investments and enabling businesses to pay for only what they use. He explained that this significantly lowers both capital and operational costs for businesses.

Adedeji highlighted some of Datamellon’s products, such as the MellyGuard and MellySense.

According to him, as digital payment platforms rapidly expand, fraudsters have unfortunately seized the opportunity to exploit vulnerabilities in the system.

He stressed that with Datamellon’s MellyGuard — a Generative AI–powered Fraud Detection Agent already deployed across several commercial banks in the country — the era of unchecked fraud is coming to an end.

MellyGuard’s ability to detect patterns, flag anomalies in real time, and prevent fraudulent transactions before they occur marks a significant turning point in the industry’s fight against financial crime.

“AI transformation is crucial to businesses that would survive a fast-paced and ever-evolving AI digital economy,” he said.

He explained that what truly differentiates Datamellon from other AI, cloud, and data service providers is its unwavering commitment to data sovereignty.

According to Bashir Aminu Dantata, the Deputy Managing Director, the company is dedicated to ensuring that Nigerian customer data is stored securely within Nigeria.

“Arab countries do not permit their national data to be stored outside their borders. We are working to give Nigeria that same level of sovereignty — ensuring that Nigerian data is stored securely within the country.”

He added that Datamellon’s deep technical expertise, combined with its strong domain knowledge across cloud, data, and AI, uniquely positions the company ahead of competitors in delivering secure, scalable, and locally relevant solutions.

He added that while AI will inevitably automate repetitive and labour-intensive tasks—leading to the transformation or elimination of certain roles—it will also open up entirely new categories of work.

These emerging opportunities will span areas such as AI supervision, ethical governance, digital operations, technology enablement, and specialised industry-focused roles that require human judgment, oversight, and creativity.