AWS committed $1.5 billion to support infrastructure development across Africa.

The entities involved

• Africa →

  continent

  • Ghana hosts a global conference on reparatory justice, debating colonial legacy and the government-backed repeal of the Code Noir.Mon 17:37
  • El Nino is causing global weather patterns to bring heat and dryness to various regions, testing global food output.Mon 16:37
• Amazon Web Services →

  subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms on a metered pay-as-you-go basis

  • Amazon is leveraging AI and strategic shifts to reduce operational costs and launch a new efficiency platform for AWS.Mon 16:07
  • Amazon and Google began construction of data centers in Montgomery County, Missouri, amid resident opposition.Mon 08:36

Related events

• Standard Bank is utilizing Amazon Web Services (AWS) for AI and customer data processing across Africa.Sep 22
• South Africa is participating in an Equity Equivalent Investment Programme involving Amazon Web Services, which has a 100% black-ownership criterion and is being discussed with the US Ambassador.Sep 4
• Amazon and AWS are key players in the AI infrastructure build-out, utilizing TSMC chips.Sep 14
• AWS planned contract for e-ID trust infrastructure was vetoed due to digital sovereignty concerns.Sep 9
• AWS partnered the Global Government Finance Summit in Dublin.Sep 17