Last updated on December 13th, 2020 at 05:35 pm
In this article, we highlight the challenges affecting cloud services in Nigeria in order to understand how to grow the industry in Nigeria.
Nigeria the potential African powerhouse in cloud computing is making great strides. It’s expected that cloud computing in Nigeria will soon be like the Telecom industry in terms of coverage and provision market fit solutions.
There are a few challenges that are affecting the growth of cloud computing services in Nigeria as highlighted by a few white papers.
Internet connectivity and availability– remain one of the biggest challenges affecting cloud computing services, Internet speed and availability in Nigeria need to really improve to foster better adoption rates of cloud computing services
Exposure and Knowledge levels around Cloud computing solutions – a few types of research have highlighted the fear of hacking as a big hindrance to cloud services adoption. Evangelism on cloud computing services can reduce this challenge.
Lack of Technical Skills – with the growth in the market, Nigeria needs to provide more technical skills for this cloud computing industry – the people – the people must also be able to grow in-depth in terms of skills set for application in the cloud computing industry.
Lack of a supportive legal framework has also been highlighted as one challenge – a few legislation are required in terms of how actively the government and her agencies who happen to be potentially biggest client can consume and adopt cloud computing services among other supportive roles.
Shortage of ICT infrastructure – the number of data centres in Nigeria need to improve. Shortage of infrastructure has led to the high cost of infrastructure-related services like collocations.
Insecurity – insecurity cases and the public image on security and stability in Nigeria have scared away a few investors who would foster the growth of cloud computing through cloud computing investments.
CreditS: Kuliya Muhammed, Isma’il Zaharaddeen, Kabir Rumana, Abdulkadir M. Turaki (International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 5, Issue 7, July 2015)
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