Critical Analysis Of Cloud Computing Adoption In East Africa

Abstract

Cloud computing is the practice of delivering on-demand computing resources such as servers, storage, databases, software, etc. This has created a paradigm shift in how things are being done by organizations regarding their IT operations. In some regions of East Africa, there is a decline in the level of Cloud computing. The study aims to provide an understanding of the status and trends for cloud computing in East Africa from several perspectives, including adoption, impact, and policy. The method utilized in the paper was a quantitative approach taken due to the existing literature reviews and case studies on cloud computing adoption in East Africa to provide detailed analysis so as not to limit the scope of the research for in-depth information. The result of this research describes how cloud computing is adopted in several East Africa countries and this will detail the current level of Cloud computing in the considered countries. Cloud computing was discovered to have been effectively adopted in the banking, marketing, education, and agriculture sectors as these sectors account for about 26%, 26%, 25%, 23% respectively. With the Agricultural sector being relatively the least. Although Cloud computing is not rapidly and readily adopted in East Africa, the result above shows that there is a fair adoption of Cloud computing in these sectors listed in the outlined countries. Keywords: Agriculture, Banking, Cloud Computing, East Africa, Education, Technology.