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Cloud Cost Optimisation and FinOps for IT Teams

Cloud bills often surprise African organisations that migrated expecting savings but received runaway monthly charges instead. This course introduces FinOps, the practice of managing and optimising cloud spend as a shared responsibility. Participants learn to read cloud invoices, find waste, and put controls in place so cloud spending stays predictable and tied to business value.

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What you will be able to do

  • Interpret cloud billing and identify the main drivers of cost.
  • Spot common sources of waste such as idle and oversized resources.
  • Apply tagging and allocation so costs map to teams and services.
  • Use commitment and scaling options to reduce ongoing spend.
  • Set budgets, alerts and guardrails that prevent bill shocks.
  • Build a FinOps routine shared between finance and technical teams.

Course outline

  1. 01Understanding Cloud Billing
  2. 02Finding Waste and Idle Resources
  3. 03Tagging and Cost Allocation
  4. 04Commitments, Scaling and Right Sizing
  5. 05Budgets, Alerts and Guardrails
  6. 06Bringing Finance and Engineering Together
  7. 07Building a FinOps Routine

Who should attend

IT managers, cloud engineers, finance business partners and procurement staff responsible for cloud spending.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
4 to 5 Nov 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
5 to 6 Nov 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
9 to 10 Nov 2026Durban2R10,000Register
10 to 11 Nov 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
11 to 12 Nov 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
12 to 13 Nov 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
16 to 17 Nov 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Nov 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
18 to 19 Nov 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
19 to 20 Nov 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
23 to 24 Nov 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
24 to 25 Nov 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
25 to 26 Nov 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Nov 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Dec 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Dec 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Dec 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Dec 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Dec 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Dec 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Dec 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Dec 2026Online2US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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