South Africa's government sector lags significantly behind the private sector in cloud adoption, which Microsoft warns could hinder digital transformation initiatives and AI implementation. The CEO of Microsoft South Africa emphasizes that AI workloads require modern cloud infrastructure rather than on-premises systems, and that government's slow cloud modernization could prevent the country from achieving its digitization goals, including the planned national digital ID system and gov.za domain revamp announced by President Ramaphosa.
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