Can Africa benefit from Cloud Computing?
When: July 9, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m EST
Where: Room J1-050 (J Building Auditorium) and Live Webcast with Adobe Connect (see below) Chair: V. S. Krishnakumar, Regional Procurement Manager, Africa Region, World Bank Speaker:
Andrew Stott, former UK Government’s Deputy Chief Information Officer and Senior Consultant, ICT Unit, World Bank
Discussants:
Samia Melhem, Lead ICT Policy Specialist, ICT Unit, World Bank.
Stela Mocan, Government CIO and Executive Director, Moldova e-Gov Center
S. M. Quamrul Hasan, Sr. Procurement Specialist, Africa Region, World Bank
Description of Event
“Cloud computing” is one of the most hyped ICT concepts of the last 12 months. Yet behind the hype Cloud is already enabling fundamental changes in the way governments and the private sector design and procure ICT services. It is not just that Cloud is reducing costs. It is also changing the dynamics of the ICT market, creating opportunities for innovation and new entrants, and enabling local SMBs to compete with global leaders. It is also challenging conventional ICT governance and procurement – and governments need to learn how to use the new market to their advantage.
This non-technical BBL will give participants a strategic view of the issues and opportunities of Cloud; discuss what it could offer Africa - not least in enabling innovation led by the SMB sector and in allowing governments and businesses to adopt modern ICT without massive up-front investment and by using available skills in a more leveraged way; and suggest how traditional procurement strategies need to be adapted to take best advantage. Live Webcast: http://streaming7.worldbank.org/vvflash/extlive1 (recorded webcast will be posted at www.worldbank.org/edevelopment/live)
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