- Government guarantee enables
Stockport firm Vespertec to win £1.8
million contract to supply high-performance
hardware and systems to Kenya
- Vespertec sees rising international demand for its
data centre and AI infrastructure expertise
Vespertec, a Stockport-based technology company specialising in
data centre and AI infrastructure, secured a £1.8 million export
contract to Kenya, supported by UK Export Finance (UKEF), the
government's export credit agency.
UKEF provided a Standard Buyer Loan
Guarantee (SBLG) to Apple Bank on
behalf of Atlancis, a Kenyan-based cloud
services firm. The loan was arranged by Apple
Bank's UK servicer, AF Capital. This financial
backing enabled Atlancis to purchase high-performance
hardware and systems from Vespertec.
The resulting contract reflects growing international demand
for UK expertise in data centre and cloud
infrastructure, particularly in markets investing in digital
resilience. It also demonstrates how UK exporters can
use government-backed export support to pursue complex,
high-value opportunities in emerging markets.
For Vespertec, the agreement builds on an existing
relationship with Atlancis and represents a
significant step forward in the company's international
expansion. The latest contract builds
on Vespertec's first Kenyan order, reinforcing
their position as a trusted partner for complex
infrastructure projects outside Europe.
The project has supported continued growth
at Vespertec's Stockport operations and across its UK
supply chain, with a high proportion of
the equipment designed, built, or integrated in the UK. The
agreement also comes during a period of strong
growth for Vespertec.
The company more than doubled its turnover in the financial
year ending 2025 and was recognised in the Sunday Times
Top 100 fastest-growing private companies. As one of a
select number of NVIDIA Elite partners and winner of
Nvidia's 2025 Northern Europe Star
Performer, Vespertec is seeing rising international
demand for its data centre and AI
infrastructure expertise.
This marks another milestone
in Vespertec's collaboration with UKEF, following
earlier support that enabled the company to enter African markets
for the first time in 2022.
, Minister of
State for Trade, said:
Vespertec's success in Kenya is exactly the kind of British
export story we want to see more of. As global demand for AI and
data centre infrastructure accelerates, we're making sure
innovative UK businesses have the tools they need to seize those
opportunities and win contracts abroad.
Tim Reid, CEO at UK Export Finance,
said:
This deal shows how UK expertise in AI and
data centres is in demand across Africa, and how
government-backed finance can help innovative British companies
like Vespertec to compete and win on the global stage.
Steve Evans, Director of Finance at Vespertec,
said:
Demand for data centre and cloud infrastructure is growing
rapidly across Africa, and this project reflects the trust
international partners place in UK engineering and delivery
capability. Support from UK Export Finance has helped us pursue
opportunities of this scale and complexity, and to build on
relationships that have developed over time.
Daniel Njuguna, Co-founder and
CEO at Atlancis Technologies,
said:
Thanks to the loan secured with UKEF's guarantee, we are
able to procure products and services from a trusted,
reliable, first-class UK partner. We have a long-term strategic
partnership with Vespertec, and
their optimum designs and services have played an
important part in our present success, delivering private and
public sovereign cloud services to African Telcos, FSI and
Service Providers.
Andrew Woolfson, Partner at AF Capital,
said:
AF Capital remains committed to supporting the UKEF
SBLG programme. With the benefit of the UKEF guarantee,
we are able to continue providing funding
to Vespertec and Atlancis, ensuring
that Atlancis can keep buying British – accessing
high quality products from a trusted UK supplier on
affordable financing terms.
By
helping overseas buyers like Atlancis to purchase UK products
and services more easily,
UKEF helps secure export contracts for
British businesses like Vespertec.
Over the last financial year, UKEF provided a record £14.5
billion in new financing, helping over 667 UK companies to export
and grow, supporting up to 70,000 jobs
