Research Article
G-Cloud: Opportunities and Security Challenges for Burkina Faso
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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-66742-3_8, author={Didier Bassole and Fr\^{e}d\^{e}ric Ouedraogo and Oumarou Sie}, title={G-Cloud: Opportunities and Security Challenges for Burkina Faso}, proceedings={e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. 8th International Conference, AFRICOMM 2016, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, December 6-7, 2016, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={AFRICOMM}, year={2017}, month={10}, keywords={G-Cloud Opportunities Security chalenges Developing countries}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-66742-3_8} }- Didier Bassole
Frédéric Ouedraogo
Oumarou Sie
Year: 2017
G-Cloud: Opportunities and Security Challenges for Burkina Faso
AFRICOMM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66742-3_8
Abstract
In this paper, we try to clearly outline the opportunities of cloud computing in the context of developing countries, while helping stakeholders grasp the challenges ahead. In particular, we consider the case of the G-Cloud project engaged by the government of Burkina Faso to boost the ICT economy, improve administration-citizen relations, and strengthen the education system. Through this article, we try to show the actors, that the G-Cloud to be a vector of opportunities and sustainable development for Burkina Faso, pre-conditions and challenges are facing particularly in terms of security in the cloud environment and the challenge on the supply in sufficient quantity and quality of electric power.
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