As the Cloud Sales Lead at Incentro Africa, a Google Cloud Premier Partner, I’ve had the privilege of engaging with numerous customers and gaining insights into their perspectives on current market trends. One notable trend that stands out is the increasing shift of businesses from a growth-focused approach to a more profit-oriented strategy. This shift…
The explosion of cloud-based computing in Kenya has forced IT professionals to rethink their infrastructure and software strategies. The country led the rest of the continent in cloud spending in 2022, and while that spending is forecast to decrease this year, benefits such as improved security and customer service, scalability, and business efficiency are driving many enterprises…
Kenyan businesses are migrating to the cloud en masse. According to the Cloud in Africa 2023 report by World Wide Worx, 84% of organisations in the country increased their spending on cloud services in 2022. This increase was attributed to the increase of cloud platforms available in the country along with an uptick in the number…
According to the Cloud in Africa 2023 report by World Wide Worx, 84% of Kenyan organisations increased their cloud service spending last year. This is fuelled by an increase in the number of local data centres and available cloud platforms. At the same time, the country’s public sector is undergoing the transition from traditional, analogue services to digital…
When Kenya’s leading supermarket chain, Naivas, confirmed that it has suffered a huge data breach, it was great to see so many people who understand the importance of protecting our customers’ data, speak out. I mean, it’s just common sense, isn’t it? If we want to maintain the trust of our customers, then we’ve got…
Huawei Technologies has launched its latest cyber security service targeting the Kenyan private and public sectors deepening the use of cloud storage solutions and artificial intelligence systems amid escalating cyberattacks. Known as Ransomware Protection 2.0 the new service has been designed to address emerging technologies including cloud, the Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI)…
The Kenyan government through the ICT Authority has announced a partnership with Amazon that will see 10,000 university students receive training on cloud using AWS Academy. AWS Academy is an AWS program that empowers higher education institutions to prepare students for industry-recognized certifications and careers in the cloud. Beginning in June, students can enroll in ready-to-teach cloud…
Huawei Technologies has announced plans to scale up the use of cloud and solar technology to deepen environmental conservation in Kenya. This comes at a time when the country is determined to expand the national forest cover to 10 per cent from the current 7.2 percent by 2030 by planting nearly 2 billion tree seedlings….
South Africa and Kenya are worlds apart in their embrace of information technology, but they have one thing in common: they jointly lead the African continent in having the biggest impact of cloud computing on customer experience across 7 major African markets. This was one of the most significant findings of the final results of…
The latter half of 2022 was characterised by significant instabilities in the tech industry. E-retailer and cloud giant Amazon announced that it would cut tens of thousands of jobs, social media behemoths Twitter and Meta laid off significant percentages of their workforce, and even Microsoft saw its slowest revenue growth in five years. “There’s chaos in the industry internationally,” says Andrew…
