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.
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Updated Sep 3
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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.
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South Africa's investment program with AWS is underway, involving specific ownership criteria and diplomatic consultation.1 source
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The entities involved
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South Africa
country in southern Africa
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Amazon Web Services
subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms on a metered pay-as-you-go basis
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Freedom Front Plus
right-wing Afrikaner nationalist political party in South Africa
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