SA Cloud Market Report 2025

 

Introduction

This report focus on two primary areas of analysis: 

  • The significant global trends shaping the cloud services markets, and their impact on the local market and players.
  • The status of cloud computing services in South Africa, major new initiatives, rate of cloud adoption, and impact on the competitive market structure.

Methodology

Research conducted included extensive secondary research and selected face-to-face interviews with leaders of various Cloud OEM and System Integrators service provider organisations in South Africa.

A bottom-up and top-down analysis was undertaken to arrive at market estimations and forecast. 

Google AI tools were used in the research process

Report Content

  • Introduction
  • Table of Contents

Cloud Definitions

  • Acronyms
  • Cloud Computing definition
  • Five essential Cloud Computing characteristics
  • Cloud Actors
  • Cloud Computing Taxonomy
  • Cloud Computing Reference Architecture
  • Cloud Service Management
  • Cloud Security Framework
  • Cloud Computing service models
  • Cloud Computing service model applications
  • Cloud Deployment Models
  • Cloud Deployment Models (cont.)
  • Cloud Platform stack management

International Cloud Trends

  • Worldwide Cloud Computing Trends
  • Worldwide Public Cloud Services End-user Spending Forecast (Millions of U.S. Dollars)
  • Cloud Regulation and Governance
  • International Cloud Usage
  • International cloud trends
  • Public cloud adoption trends growth from 2021 vs 2025
  • Top challenges of international cloud users
  • Cloud Managed Service Provider use

Cloud Regulations and Governance

  • South African National Data and Cloud Policy
  • Protection of Personal Information Act
  • Financial Regulations
  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • United States Cloud Act
  • The European AI Act

Local Cloud Market Drivers from an industry point of view

  • Drivers Summary
  • Economic Efficiency and Financial Operations (FinOps)
  • Operational Resilience and Energy Security
  • Security, Governance, and Regulatory Compliance
  • Digital Modernisation
  • Sovereign Cloud and Public Sector Modernisation
  • Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures
  • Data Value Extraction and Artificial Intelligence

Local Cloud Inhibitors

  • Inhibitors Summary
  • Cost Management and Economic Volatility
  • Infrastructure Constraints and Connectivity Costs
  • Rising costs for existing cloud users
  • Cloud skills increasingly in short supply
  • Governance and Compliance
  • Cybersecurity Risks and Legacy Integration
  • Regulatory Complexity and Public Sector Procurement

Local Cloud Trends

  • Trends Summary
  • The Verticalisation of Cloud
  • Edge Computing and Infrastructure Resilience
  • Cloud Procurement Modernisation: Marketplaces and the Broker Model
  • Modernisation Strategies: The Shift to Cloud-Native and PaaS
  • SME and Mid-Market Cloud Adoption Dynamics

Local Cloud Industry Dynamics

  • Local Cloud Industry Dynamics
  • Local cloud industry dynamics (cont.)
  • The Evolution of Cloud Managed Services
  • Cloud Managed Services

Market Sizing

  • SA Cloud Computing market sizing estimate
  • SA Infrastructure as a Service Market Sizing
  • SA Platform as a Service Market Sizing
  • SA Software as a Service Market Sizing
  • SA Cloud enablement and managed services estimate

Selected Cloud Channel Profiles

Hyperscaler Profiles

  • Global cloud competitive positioning

Deliverables and format

  • PDF Power Point format and Excel Workbook
  • Clients are also entitled to a presentation/workshop in Johannesburg (may be combined with other topics at BMIT’s discretion)

Other BMIT Reports

  • SA ICT Market Sizing and Overview Report gives an overview of the telecoms and IT services markets.
  • SA IT Services Report gives an overview across the IT Services market and industry

Further information

For further information and details on how to subscribe to this research please contact Anita Mathews on 011 540 800 |082 466 2317 | anita@bmit.africa  For more information on BMIT and our research and consulting services please visit www.bmit.africa