Technology, Cloud & Digital Solutions

Egypt’s digital economy is embracing cloud-based identity platforms combining biometrics, liveness detection, and risk scoring to streamline verification. Spending is projected to rise from ~$0.9B in 2025 to ~$3.6B by 2030 as banks, telecoms, and e-commerce unify KYC/KYB and authentication. Verification latency drops from 1200ms to 450ms, onboarding time from 9.5 to 3.2 minutes, and fraud from 18 to 6 per 10k applications. FAR decreases from 0.45% to 0.18%, while automated approvals climb from 62% to 82%. With consent-first capture, policy-as-code decisions, and privacy-compliant infrastructure, cloud identity will drive both trust and revenue across Egypt’s digital ecosystem.

The report details the transformative impact of edge AI technologies in retail, emphasizing real-time analytics, privacy-compliant data usage, and personalized customer experiences. By 2030, over 70% of retailers are projected to use edge AI for in-store personalization, driving a 25–35% boost in conversion rates and optimizing inventory management. Edge AI integrates seamlessly with IoT, supports secure, localized data processing, and helps retailers comply with evolving privacy laws, leading to enhanced consumer trust, operational efficiency, and competitive differentiation in a rapidly digitizing retail landscape.​

India and the wider Asia-Pacific region are adopting AI-optimized CDNs that learn traffic patterns, congestion, and device performance to cut latency and improve delivery efficiency. CDN and edge compute spend is projected to grow from ~$1.8B in 2025 to ~$6.7B by 2030. Median latency will drop from 155ms to 74ms, cache hit rates will rise from 72% to 89%, and delivery costs per GB will fall from $0.050 to $0.027. Program IRR is expected to improve from 9% to 19%. The architecture uses multi-CDN orchestration, edge functions, and AI-driven routing. Risks like model drift and peering limits are mitigated with ISP-specific policies and fallback rules. AI-powered CDNs will enhance performance, stability, and user experience across India and APAC.

Enterprises in Egypt are shifting from classroom and 2D e-learning to immersive AR/VR training powered by cloud rendering and edge streaming. AR/VR training spend is projected to grow from ~$0.35B in 2025 to ~$1.36B by 2030, driven by safety, maintenance, and clinical use cases. Time-to-competency drops from 38 to 18 hours, pass rates rise from 72% to 88%, and error rates fall from 9.8% to 4.1%. Session latency improves from 85ms to 45ms, while training cost per employee declines from ~$420 to ~$310. With cloud GPU orchestration, edge streaming, and LMS integration, AR/VR enables faster, safer, and cost-efficient workforce training across Egypt.

India and the wider Asia-Pacific export corridor are adopting blockchain-based supply chain transparency platforms integrated with cloud and ERP systems. Spend is projected to grow from ~$1.4B in 2025 to ~$6.1B by 2030 as firms pursue end-to-end traceability, compliance automation, and counterfeit reduction. Audit cycles shorten from 28 to 12 days, traceability coverage rises from 58% to 86%, and counterfeit incidents fall from 3.6 to 1.2 per 10,000 shipments. Processing costs drop from $4.20 to $2.65, while supplier onboarding time decreases from 21 to 9 days. Blockchain integration transforms supply chains into continuously auditable, trusted ecosystems across India and APAC.

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are evolving into cloud-connected robots reliant on low-latency networks, deterministic compute, and safety compliance. EU/UK edge-and-cloud investment for AV operations is projected to grow from ~$2.2B to ~$7.5B by 2030. 5G networks will provide predictable latency and backhaul for key AV functions. Key benefits include reduced latency, improved platform uptime, higher success rates for remote operations, and fewer safety incidents. Pricing includes tele-assist fees, per-vehicle subscriptions for HD maps, and V2X data APIs. Risks include edge under-utilization and regulatory differences, mitigated by corridor-first rollouts and unified compliance standards. 5G-enabled AVs promise safer, more reliable mobility.

US enterprises are accelerating AI-driven threat detection across endpoints, identities, cloud workloads, and OT/IoT, moving from traditional SIEM/SOC models to advanced analytics using behavior, graph, and language models. Spend on these solutions is expected to grow from ~$6.8B in 2025 to ~$18.9B by 2030. Key improvements include reduced Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) from 28 to 6 hours, and Mean Time to Respond (MTTR) from 19 to 4 hours, with false-positive rates dropping from 18% to 7%. The architecture includes unified telemetry, ML anomaly detection, and SOAR automation, with regulatory compliance for healthcare, finance, and critical infrastructure. AI-driven detection will enhance resilience, reduce breach probability, and satisfy auditors with continuous monitoring.

Cloud gaming in the US is set for rapid growth, with spend projected to rise from ~$2.5B in 2025 to ~$7.6B by 2030, driven by subscription models, AI-generated content, and global data center expansion. Latency will drop from ~100ms to ~50ms through 5G and edge computing, while subscription ARPU increases from $12 to $18 and churn decreases from 8% to 4%. Data center density improves from 4 to 6 per 1,000 users, cutting TCO per user from $45 to $39. The architecture includes AI-driven streaming, adaptive bitrate, and edge caching. Cloud gaming will evolve into a mainstream entertainment platform, delivering faster, richer, and more accessible gaming experiences.

Enterprises in Europe and the UK are modernizing storage with AI-assisted placement, tiering, and cost governance to handle AI/ML and unstructured data growth. AI-optimized storage spend is expected to rise from ~€2.1B in 2025 to ~€6.5B by 2030. Costs per GB drop from €0.035 to €0.016, while latency improves from 8.5ms to 2.7ms and throughput rises from 2.4 to 6.1 GB/s. Energy use per GB falls from 2.9Wh to 1.6Wh, improving sustainability and efficiency. The architecture includes telemetry-driven tiering and AI heuristics for caching. Risks like egress charges and cache thrash are mitigated by egress-aware data meshes and workload fingerprinting. AI-driven storage enables predictable performance, lower costs, and better sustainability outcomes.

Cloud migration is accelerating across Turkey and Europe as enterprises modernize legacy systems to boost efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance agility. Spending is projected to grow from ~$1.2B in 2025 to ~$3.5B by 2030, driven by the shift from on-premises to cloud platforms. Migration timelines will shorten from 24 to 9 months, with automation and cloud-native tools reducing costs by ~40%. ROI is expected to climb from 22% to 60%, while downtime falls by 45% and user adoption improves by 50%. Using hybrid and SaaS integrations under GDPR compliance, cloud migration will become a cornerstone of digital transformation across the region.