Industry Solution

E-commerce & Retail

High-availability platforms that handle traffic surges, inventory management, and omnichannel experiences globally.

500M+
Transactions
Auto
Scaling
Included
CDN

Addressing Key Challenges

We understand the unique hurdles in the E-commerce & Retail sector and have engineered specific solutions to overcome them.

Reference Architecture

A battle-tested architecture pattern for high-scale E-commerce & Retail workloads.

System Architecture

E-commerce & Retail Platform

Edge Layer
CDN
Global
WAF
Security
App Layer
API Gateway
Entry
Microservices
Logic
Data Layer
Primary DB
SQL
Cache
Redis
Infrastructure
K8s Cluster
Compute
Object Storage
Assets

Recommended Product Stack

ECS

Core component for E-commerce & Retail workloads.

Auto Scaling

Core component for E-commerce & Retail workloads.

Load Balancer

Core component for E-commerce & Retail workloads.

CDN

Core component for E-commerce & Retail workloads.

Success Stories

PesaPay
Financial Services

How PesaPay Processes 5M Daily Transactions with 99.999% Uptime

Challenge

Scale mobile money platform across 5 countries

Solution

Multi-region ECS, Auto Scaling, PCI DSS compliant setup

Key Results

  • 5M daily transactions
  • 99.999% uptime
  • 8ms average latency
  • 60% cost reduction vs previous provider
Twiga Foods
Agriculture

Connecting 50,000 Farmers to Markets with Real-Time Logistics

Challenge

Build farm-to-retail supply chain platform

Solution

IoT integration, GPS tracking, ML demand forecasting

Key Results

  • 50,000 farmers connected
  • 30% reduction in food waste
  • Same-day delivery tracking
  • 10x data processing speed

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