[May 16, 2016]

African Cloud Computing Barometer - Global Participants Driving the Growth of the African Market - Research and Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "African Cloud Computing Barometer " report to their offering.

This research service provides an analysis of the cloud services market across Africa. The market trends in the key African markets of South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria are analyzed and compared with global trends. This research service includes company profiles of leading cloud providers in the 3 countries and the strategies they employ. This research service highlights the role played by key international cloud providers.

Other areas of focus include commercial data centre infrastructure development and ICT development driven by leading telecommunications providers. In addition, strategic insights on growth opportunities for cloud services in the top 5 sectors as well as in the overall cloud services market are provided, concluding with a brief look into the future of the cloud services market.

Key Findings:

• African service providers are competing directly with global information technology (IT) and tlecommunications providers in the cloud services space.
• In Kenya and Nigeria, the public sector is driving demand for cloud services,while local ICT providers are positioning themselves as intermediaries for global cloud services.
• The private cloud model is the most popular in terms of adoption because of data sovereignty and security concerns. However, the adoption of public cloud for non-critical workloads is gradually increasing.
• South African-based cloud providers such as Dimension Data (News - Alert) and Business Connexion (BCX) are expanding their presence across the continent, with Kenya and Nigeria identified as key markets.
• The cloud services market in South Africa is in the growth phase, while Kenya and Nigeria are still in the early growth stage.
• While pure cloud providers are targeting large enterprises, telecommunications providers are offering bundled services in the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market.
  
  
  
  

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive Summary

2. Cloud Services Market - Overview

3.Cloud Services Market

4.Market Drivers and Restraints

5. Cloud Services Market in South Africa

6. Cloud Services Market in Kenya

7. Cloud Services Market in Nigeria

8. Commercial Data Centre Infrastructure Development

9.The Role of International Cloud Providers

10. Telecommunications Providers Driving ICT Development

11.Growth Opportunities in the Cloud Services Market

12. The Last Word

Companies Mentioned:

• Business Connexion Group
• Dimension Data Holdings
  

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/rbj9d9/african_cloud

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