The Africa Cloud Reaching New Levels

The global could providers are showing deep interest in Africa. The land has emerged as a center of attention of the giant Tech companies. Amazon and Microsoft have already become operational in Africa. The phenomenon shows that the cloud-computing market is getting a drive in Africa.

African Cloud May be Small but Making its Impressions

Different sectors, including the governments and privates’ industries, are utilizing the cloud to improve the public service delivery. No doubt, African cloud is small as compared to developed countries, but it is progressing rapidly. The big retail firms are utilizing the AWS databases and computing capabilities to get access to the digital and mobile customer base.

Technological Developments

Disruptive technological developments are taking place in Africa for a decade. The advent of the mobile payment method has revolutionized the industry. Numerous firms such as Cloudwedge.com are contributing role to push the country in the top ranks

Amazon and Microsoft Showing Deep Interest in Africa

The representative of Microsoft has already declared that the company will inaugurate the two data centers in the country. At the same time, Werner Vogels, chief technology officer of Amazon, announced that the company would launch Amazon Web Service (AWS), a data center, in Cape Town in 2020.

Arthur Goldstuck, managing director of researchers World Wide Worx, remarked on the eve:

“it was a sheer coincidence, but the presence of the bosses of two biggest cloud computing platforms in the world made South Africa seem like an eligible single being wooed by highly desirable suitors.”

China’s Company Heading towards Africa

It is not only American’s companies heading towards Africa but also China’s big telecom company, Huawei, is making its presence in the country. It has already built a data center in Africa to provide commercial cloud services. South Africa has the well-developed infrastructure of the internet. That is why African head office has already hosted several meetings of internet and global technology.

African Banks Pursuing Artificial Intelligence

The African cloud is in its evolutionary process, but its impacts are being felt in all domains of life. The African banks are trying best to give the best experience to the customers. That is why; banks are investing in machines to improve their artificial intelligence and capabilities.

Digital Infrastructure and Enterprises Welcome the African Cloud

No doubt, digital infrastructure, and enterprises are enthusiastic regarding the African Cloud. They believe that the inception of the African Cloud would open new vistas of opportunities and progress.

Public Cloud Service

African public is enjoying the features of cloud services for many years. However, they had to connect to servers of other countries such as France, the United Kingdom, and Ireland to get access. They experience much difficulty due to problems like data sovereignty and latency. African public cloud market is not as giant as compare to the international community. According to Xalam Analytics, African revenue generated from the global public cloud service was less than 1% in 2018.

It is expected that African Cloud would turn into a big industry within a decade as big companies are going to install Cloud Databases in Africa.

Hyper-Scale Data Centers in 2019

 Hundreds of thousands of consumers and enterprises would enjoy the blessings of technology within Africa’s shores. More centers will be inaugurated in 2020.

Africa has become a battleground for global cloud providers such as Huawei, Google, AWS, Microsoft, and VMWare. Africa is also the land of opportunities for these companies. That is why; the African cloud is getting momentum very quickly.