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Deloitte and AWS Join Forces to Drive Cloud Adoption Globally

In a strategic move to accelerate cloud computing adoption across growth markets, Deloitte and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have entered into a multi-year Strategic…

Google Cloud Taps Telecom Veteran to Lead Security Push in Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Google Cloud has appointed Noor Al-Sulaiti as head of security business development and government relations for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, tapping a…

AWS Aims to Propel Black-Owned Tech Start-Ups

In a move to bolster South Africa’s burgeoning technology sector, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is doubling down on its efforts to nurture and support…

Cloud security myths that could be holding your small business back

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) considering digital transformation as a business goal this year could find the idea daunting. Migrating to the cloud both…

Amgen forges ahead with generative AI to expedite advanced therapies

California-based biotechnology pioneer Amgen has announced an expanded collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to utilise generative artificial intelligence in streamlining the discovery, development…

AWS re:Invent 2023: Five of the biggest announcements

AWS re:Invent 2023, the annual cloud computing conference hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), is currently underway in Las Vegas. The event has been…

AWS and NVIDIA bolster their partnership to revolutionise generative AI

At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and NVIDIA announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to offer the most advanced infrastructure, software, and…

AWS unveils three serverless innovations to empower data-driven businesses

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled three groundbreaking serverless innovations designed to empower businesses of all sizes to harness the power of their data…

Amazon S3 Express One Zone: A new storage class for performance-critical applications

Amazon has announced the general availability of Amazon S3 Express One Zone, a new storage class designed to deliver the highest performance and lowest…

Clarity AI and AWS advance sustainable investing at scale

Clarity AI, a leading provider of environmental and social insights, has announced its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage the latter’s generative…

Fostering an inclusive future: Navigating the AI race in South Africa

In the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), the global narrative often fixates on the race to supremacy. As South Africa positions itself in this…

Cape Town Welcomes Amazon Web Services (AWS) Skills Center

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has further extended its commitment to democratising access to cloud skills training with the inauguration of its first international AWS…

Renewable energy start-up SOLA gets on the grid early

SOLA Group has reached commercial operation providing solar energy to Amazon Web Services (AWS) three months earlier than expected. This will fulfil the commission…

Vodacom to host Fast Forward Series for SMEs

Vodacom is getting ready to host its Fast Forward Series, a collection of workshops and webinars aimed at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Now…

Final call for startups to enter Lagos Urban Innovation Challenge

Utopia, an organisation that helps foster and fund innovation in emerging market cities, has made a final call for startups to enter the Lagos…

The tech sector in SA is still a hot place to be [Opinion]

South Africa’s economic outlook may be gloomy, with annual growth forecast to barely past 1.5% over the next three years, but things are still…

SA startups to get access to IT infrastructure, services with Silicon Cape, AWS partnership [Updated]

UPDATE (17 September): In an earlier version of this story we misstated that startups would be able to get free access to AWS services through the…

New guidebook to be launched on Joburg’s startup scene

South Africa’s commercial capital Joburg is fast becoming the country’s next big startup city. A survey by Ventureburn in November last year revealed that…

New guidebook on Cape Town’s startup scene to launch

Startup Guide, a European publisher that produces guidebooks on various startup scenes around the globe, will next week launch Startup Guide Cape Town —…