• DocumentCode
    107052
  • Title

    Cloud Computing in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Author

    Kshetri, Nir

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, USA
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Nov.-Dec. 2013
  • Firstpage
    64
  • Lastpage
    67
  • Abstract
    Cloud-related innovations and services are becoming fundamental sources of economic and societal changes in Sub-Saharan African economies, which are embracing cloud computing. This analysis of the cloud market examines both driving and constraining factors in these economies.
  • Keywords
    cloud computing; economics; Sub-Saharan African economies; cloud computing; cloud market; cloud services; cloud-related innovations; Africa; Cloud computing; Economics; Social aspects of technology; Social factors; Social network services; cloud applications; cloud computing; emerging markets; information technology; sub-Saharan Africa;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IT Professional
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1520-9202
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MITP.2013.92
  • Filename
    6674017