Title :
Cloud Computing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author_Institution :
Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, USA
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;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2013.92