A study titled “Cloud in Africa 2023”, published by World Wide Worx in collaboration with Dell Technologies, F5, Intel, Red Hat, and VMware, found that 69% of companies that use cloud computing in Africa plan to increase their cloud spending in 2023.
400 IT decision-makers from medium and large organizations across Africa were surveyed.
- The research outlines organizational cloud spending, the perceived benefits of using cloud computing, the impact that cloud adoption has on business outcomes, and difficulties associated with cloud uptake.
- According to the study, 61% of companies increased their spending on cloud services in 2022, while only 3% decreased their spending.
- The surge in cloud adoption witnessed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to dwindle due to a change in working models.
- The survey found security to be the most significant benefit associated with cloud computing, with 56% of respondents reporting such. Despite this, respondents who have yet to adopt cloud computing cited security as the biggest barrier stopping them from doing so.
- The main factors behind a reluctance to adopt cloud computing were a skills shortage and high costs.
- 90% of respondents reported business growth post-cloud uptake, with 43% seeing strong growth.
