Huawei Cloud sees fast business growth in South Africa

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a Huawei logo at Huawei Technologies France headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, France, February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Huawei Cloud's business in South Africa has grown fast over the past five years and it plans to launch more cloud solutions to expand market share to boost revenue, a company executive said on Thursday.

Increased demand for faster computing from South African firms and the government has attracted big cloud operators into the country, with Huawei the first international vendor to host a local 'hyperscale' cloud data centre in South Africa in 2019.