Promoted | Africa Data Centres: unlocking the value of big data in Africa
to surge in businesses in Africa, the transformation of this wealth of information into actionable insights becomes a matter of utmost importance. Embracing big data has the potential to catalyse new waves of growth, foster innovation and propel Africa into the heart of the data economy.
The key to addressing these challenges lies in embracing African-led solutions and tapping into the continent’s own expertise. To that end, Africa Data Centres, in collaboration with TechCentral, recently organised a thought-provoking roundtable discussion themed, “Unlocking the value of big data in Africa”.
Clifford de Wit from Netstar, ex-Microsoft, spoke about how Microsoft can be leveraged in this area and was also keen to share some examples of how Netstar is using the vast amounts of data it is collecting to augment service capability. Several attendees shared concerns about the security of their data if they were to leverage cloud technologies. Others believed that there was no point in procrastinating and better to leverage machine learning and AI for help sooner to gain competitive advantages. Not all echoed this sentiment, however.Esther Munyi from Sasfin raised a few key topics, one of them being the importance of African companies finding African insights and benefits from African data.
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