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International cloud orchestration companies could tap into rapidly growing demand for cloud services through African expansion There is a vast gulf in the rate of cloud adoption between emerging and mature markets. In Europe and North America for example, virtually every company with over 250 employees has adopted the cloud in some form, whereas only 17% of the 6,000 African companies with a headcount above 250 are fully on the cloud. According to Oliver Warren, Associate at investment bank DAI Magister, this untapped potential represents a nearly $1bn opportunity that remains largely untouched by existing cloud orchestration players. Warren said: “Despite the size of the industry, there are virtually no startups in Africa specifically focusing on cloud orchestration. For international ...

- Selected as master system integrator to deliver a new data center, offering critical cloud and smart services - Supports Orange Egypt – the prime contractor – in a multimillion Euro project to develop part of the New Administrative Capital Orange Business Services, a network-native digital services company, has announced that it will design and build a new data center to provide cloud services for Egypt’s ‘New Administrative Capital'. The project will be implemented in collaboration with Orange Egypt, who will supply the required infrastructure and services, following their appointment as the project’s prime contractor by Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD) – owner and developer of the New Administrative Capital. The ACUD project has been designed as a smart sustainable...