Adoption and use of cloud computing in small and medium enterprises in Kenya

The recent development of Cloud Computing provides a convincing opportunity for organizations to outsource their ICT. Although its popularity is increasing rapidly, there are concerns that must be taken into account. This paper ascertains the most relevant issues associated with the political, economic, social and technological factors concerning adoption of cloud computing and presents a framework of the factors involved in adoption of cloud computing. The aim is to explore the potential of cloud computing in transforming and automating the business processes of small and medium enterprises in Kenya. Promotion of adoption and use of cloud computing is an important matter for policy makers and regulators since cloud computing has benefits for the Kenyan government, service providers, the industry and also research institutions.