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(South) African Twitch Ingest Server

It would be great if you guys could set an African, or South African, server up at some point in the not-too-distant future. I live in South Africa and have a really hard time streaming to any of the EU, let alone the NA or Asian ones. Currently YouTube has streaming servers here but it just isn't the same streaming to YouTube Gaming. The Twitch community is what makes it what it is and not being able to run a stable stream from here in South Africa turns so many would-be streamers away from potential bright futures on Twitch.tv. We have a large community of gamers ready and waiting.

Please consider setting a server up for us down here or wherever else you can that's not too far. South Africa and the other countries nearby deserve a chance too! :D
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  • unclefrnge commented  ·   ·  Report

    Would be incredible to have one here. The community is strong and growing each year. The local ingests set up by third parties are efficient but not always reliable. Africa needs relays!
  • Teldae commented  ·   ·  Report

    Supported. Come on twitch, it's time!
  • StoicWolfGaming commented  ·   ·  Report

    To echo all the comments below, this would be a great addition and it would make streaming from South Africa a whole lot better. It would also open up further opportunities for the rest of Africa to join this global community.

  • Whuffle commented  ·   ·  Report

    In the short time I spent streaming - I set up 10 different AWS Relay NGINX servers for fellow streamers in the pursuit of better broadcasting. (this cost us all more money than we ever made)

    We're toxically loyal to this platform and it would be great to feel some of that love back!

  • Natasha_Rossouw commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please, help a country out, Twitch <3 The community here is huge and always growing.
  • III_MESSIAH_III commented  ·   ·  Report

    A South African ingest server would be gold. Please it would help out current and bring in more streamers to the platform.
  • SoutieV commented  ·   ·  Report

    It’s a huge struggle for many years.. the wishes have been flowing for years.. help us please

  • DomanaxTV commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please Twitch, lets make this a thing <3
  • JellyBane commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please now Twitch... Streaming through a relay is such a pain and adds another stress when it goes down...

  • ThatDarnKitteh commented  ·   ·  Report

    An African server would benefit Twitch not only by making it better for existing streamers, but encourage new ones to start without the technical issues we continuously run into.
  • asananica81 commented  ·   ·  Report

    There are so many SA Streamers, we are an awesome community - an African server would be worth it! I have had more disconnects than not because of no African server!
  • beachbutt commented  ·   ·  Report

    South Africa has needed to be put on the "global board" in the esports/e-entertainment industry for the longest of time. I think its time that twitch makes the move and to begin the snowball effect for the talent that South Africa has and it's creators to be put on the global board. It wont only benefit the creators and the viewers currently supporting them but it will benefit twitch itself with further growth and future, well-deserving, hard working, partners to rep the twitch name :)
  • VegOtter commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes please. This is a much needed addition to enable local south african streamers to stream directly to twitch and not have to rely on unstable relay services and 3rd party service providers.
  • Mr_G63 commented  ·   ·  Report

    all the best streamers are in South Africa, Amazon has server in South Africa... WE NEED our own INGEST!
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