Google said it will set up shop in South Africa with a cloud region, its first on the African continent, joining rivals Microsoft and Amazon Web Services which are already present in the country. The investment will be made through a US$1 billion commitment towards supporting a range of initiatives, from improved connectivity to investment in start-ups, to help boost Africa...

Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) public cloud arm has invested US$3.71 billion since 2016 in the rollout of data centre infrastructure and jobs creation. According to Max Peterson, AWS’ vice president for the worldwide public sector, the e-commerce giant that enjoys the largest market share at 34% on the global public cloud segment, is committed to helping India’s digital econ...

US public cloud giant Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) said it is growing its investment in Mexico as the country continues to enjoy a positive cash flow of foreign capital. As part of the expansion, the Big Tech group has entered into an agreement with Teléfonos de México (TELMEX) to jointly offer Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services to customers across the country. Under th...