The Multi-Cloud Illusion for the State: Duplication Is Not Sovereignty

Multi-cloud is sold to African countries as the answer to both resilience and digital sovereignty: spread workloads across several hyperscalers and you dilute risk and vendor power. Under Togo's Law 2019-014 on personal data and the ANCY cybersecurity regime, that promise does not hold. This article argues that multi-cloud does not divide legal exposure, it multiplies it, and closes with a decision framework for when it is legitimate and when it is not.