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Partner Summit Johannesburg

Location

Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg

Date

19 August 2025

Take part in AWS Partner Summit Johannesburg

At AWS Partner Summit Johannesburg, you will unlock cloud-powered innovations that can rapidly scale business growth. Join global and local leaders from AWS, industry partners, and the AWS Partner Network (APN) team as we explore how to drive more impactful engagements using AWS.The agenda will include keynotes, partner panels, breakout sessions, and more. Meet with AWS experts and peers, make new connections within your partner community, and learn how to get the most from AWS Partner Programs.

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Event Highlights

Maximize the value of AWS

Learn new skills from AWS experts to modernize your offerings. Build joint solutions with AWS to create the most impactful outcomes for customers.

Advance your AWS Partner journey

Gain knowledge on build, market, sell, and grow pillars to help achieve business outcomes.

Jump-start your learning

Through training and certification, build AWS skills to help you successfully meet customer needs. Expand your mindset and unlock cloud-powered innovations to rapidly scale business growth.

Get inspired and network

Empower your business with new knowledge—drive more impactful, business-focused engagements for your customers using AWS. Meet with our teams, create new connections, and build on existing relationships with your daily contacts at AWS.

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Lunch

Opening - 5 min

Speaker: Harel Ifahar - General Manager Israel and Sub-Sahara Africa, AWS

Welcome - 10 min

Speaker : Tanuja Randery - VP, Managing Director EMEA, AWS

Global Message - 20 min

Speaker : Antonio Alonso Lopez - Director EMEA Partner Management, AWS

Accelerating customer outcomes through partners - 15 min

Speaker : Amir Kahana - Regional Partnerships Leader, Israel & Sub-Sahara Africa, AWS

Moderator - 30 min

Speaker : Fabio Joaquim - Head of Partner Sales, SSA & MENAT, AWS

General Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa, AWS

Speaker : Jyoti Ball - General Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa, AWS

EMEA Tech Partner Sales Leader

Speaker : Jason Adae - EMEA Technology Partner Sales Leader, AWS

EMEA Partner ProServe Leader

Speaker : Vincent Yin - EMEA Professional Services Leader, AWS

Strategic Partners

Speaker : Amir Kahana - Regional Partnerships Leader, Israel & Sub-Sahara Africa, AWS

Head of Public Sector SSA

Speaker : Robin Njiru - Head of Public Sector SSA, AWS

TRACK 1 - BUILD & MARKET | Accelerating Public Sector Digital Transformation: GenAI as a Catalyst for Change in South Africa

Join us for an in-depth exploration of how AWS Partners can drive comprehensive digital transformation across Sub Saharan Africa public sector ecosystem. This session showcases how to build and implement GenAI solutions that address the unique challenges and opportunities within South Africa's healthcare, education, and government services while ensuring compliance, security, and ethical considerations.

Speakers: 

Kanyisile Nobula - Solution Architect , AWS

 

TRACK 2 - SELL & GROW | Accelerating Partner GTM & Distribution Partner Panel

Learn how AWS Distribution partners can boost your profitability and scale your business. Gain insights on technical competence, AWS partner programs, and key processes like MDF, POC, and migration. Discover how to leverage available incentives and elevate your business. Don't miss this opportunity!

Speakers:

Abdi Elmi - Moderator, MEA Distribution Lead WWPS, AWS

Senzo Mbhele - Managing Director – Tarsus on Demand.

Jason Sharp - Director, First Distribution.

Cobus Trauernicht - AWS Brand Manager, First Distribution.

Anton Herbst - AWS Alliance Lead – Tarsus on Demand.

Break - 5 mins

TRACK 1 - BUILD & MARKET | Building Next-Gen Migration and Modernization Practice: Win with GenAI

In this session, Learn how AWS Partners can build a successful migration practices by integrating Generative AI into their service offerings. Discover practical approaches to enhance your migration and modernization capabilities using Gen AI - from automated assessments to accelerated solution development. Join us to learn how to build a future-ready practice that drives more customer wins and scales your AWS business.

Speakers:

Saurabh Upadhye - Solutions Architect, AWS

 

TRACK 2 - SELL & GROW | Maximize Revenue with AWS Marketplace CPPO

AWS Partners will discover the power of AWS's three-way partnership model, where ISVs, Distributors, and Channel Partners collaborate through Channel Partner Private Offers (CPPO) to deliver exceptional value to end customers. Discover how Distributors can fast-track your access to premium ISV solutions while maintaining your pricing autonomy and competitive edge in the marketplace. Join us to unlock new revenue streams, simplify procurement, and learn why successful AWS Partners are leveraging CPPO to accelerate their business growth.

Speakers:

Serge Durand - EMEA MP Channel Specialist, AWS Partner Field EMEA, AWS 

Kuda Mling - SSA MP Specialist, AWS

 

Break - 5 mins

TRACK 1 - BUILD & MARKET | The good, the bad, and the ugly of AI and cybersecurity

AI in cybersecurity is being leveraged for more effective and responsive decision-making, particularly in bigger networks, with numerous users, and factors. Explore actual use cases across industries, and how ML learns from incident and cyber threat reports to quickly help find, identify, and classify data to reduce cyber risks. Also learn how AWS Partners can build intelligent cyber solutions on AWS, with AWS. This session is intended for AWS Partners.

Speakers:

Recep Meric Degirmenci - Specialist SA Security, AWS

Jason Nicholls - Principal Solutions Architect, AWS

 

TRACK 2 - SELL & GROW | Go Big with Datacenter Exits

Join us to discover how to unlock the massive opportunity represented by Datacenter Exits. This session will help you understand the market opportunity, key triggers, what are the customer challenges, why AWS partners play a key role and how Partner can collaborate leverage AWS best practices, programs, ProServe and sales teams to effectively untap that
opportunity.

Speakers:

Andre Costa - Partner Sales Manager, GSI & Data Center Exit, SSA & MENAT, AWS

Fabio Joaquim - Head of Partner Sales, SSA & MENAT, AWS

Break - 5 mins

Networking - 30 min