In the announcement of the fourth annual Financial Times’ Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies rankings, South Africa-based integrated cloud platform provider Routed has made the list for the third time.
Andrew Cruise, Managing Director of Routed.
The FT/Statista 2025 annual ranking of Africa’s fastest-growing companies looks at a range of different industries and ranks companies based on the common denominator of their compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in revenue.
Commenting on the company’s 109th place in the 2025 rankings, Managing Director Andrew Cruise notes that the cloud market is continuing to grow exponentially, and Routed has built its business on addressing all enterprise cloud, recovery and modern application development requirements.
“The company was founded in 2016, to address a clear gap in the South African cloud market – the need for reliable, locally hosted infrastructure designed specifically for VMware. Since then, the business has stayed true to this technical specialisation of designing, building and operating VMware-based private clouds with depth and discipline,” Cruise says.
“We are not a generalist cloud provider. Routed is a purpose-built VMware cloud operator that has grown by focusing on what it does best. This singular focus has allowed it to lead in platform quality, consistency and trust – a major reason why the market sees Routed as a go-to infrastructure partner for VMware cloud environments.”
Cruise says the company’s growth has been driven by a partner-first approach, designed to enable other providers to succeed. As a service provider for service providers, Routed supports managed service providers (MSPs), internet service providers (ISPs), systems integrators, and cloud resellers to launch, run and scale their own VMware-based cloud platforms. These partners rely on Routed’s infrastructure, expertise, and support, while retaining control of their customer relationships and services.
“The business also prides itself on its engineering excellence. It was the first VMware Cloud Verified provider on the continent and continues to invest in platform-level capability. Routed’s platforms are built by engineers, for engineers, and are designed to run real-world workloads with stability, scale and sovereignty,” says Cruise.
“Routed builds client trust through effective delivery, an approach that has made us one of the most dependable infrastructure partners in South Africa, and a standout on both the Financial Times and News24 fastest-growing companies lists.”
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