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Oracle opens its first cloud region for Africa in Johannesburg

Oracle today announced the availability of its first cloud region in Africa to meet a rapidly growing demand for enterprise cloud services on the continent.

The Oracle Cloud Region is situated in Johannesburg, joining 36 others that the company has across the globe, aiming to boost cloud adoption across Africa, while also looking to have 44 regions worldwide by the end of 2022.

Unfortunately though, there is no indication at this stage whether the upcoming regions will be sprung up in other parts of Africa.

“In recent months, cloud technologies have played a vital role in helping African public and private sector organisations ensure business continuity, deliver essential services, and meet evolving customer expectations,” highlights Oracle EVP for EMEA, Richard Smith, in a press release sent to Hypertext.

Richard Smith, Oracle EVP for EMEA.

“The Oracle Johannesburg region offers a next-generation cloud to run any application faster and more securely for less, helping businesses build resilience, agility and achieve improved ROI,” he adds.

As far as some of the local customers that will be making use of the new region, Oracle has highlighted Telkom’s Openserve, Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), Accenture Africa and IDC to name a few.

The Johannesburg region will boost the local infrastructure capability of South Africa and the wider continent, and help organisations kick-start their digital transformation journeys,” said Reubin Layman, CIO for Openserve.

Cloud-led digital transformation is vital for us to maintain an agile and profitable business model. The Oracle Cloud Johannesburg Region will offer us the flexibility to explore the latest technologies that can support our digital roadmap,” added Mthoko Mncwabe, CIO of ACSA.

With Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Google eyeing South Africa as a launchpad for access to cloud services across the African continent, it will be interesting to see how Oracle factors into the mix in the coming months and years.

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