Since 2004, organizations in South Africa have used AWS to help build their ideas, improving everyday life for people and communities across the country, throughout the wider African continent, and the world.
Innovation continues to shape an exciting new era, helping to better support the 43 million South Africans who depend on public healthcare with pharmacy dispensing units and smart lockers. Enabling remote learning at a scale beyond what anyone thought possible, and even beating online pirates through blockchain. Your ideas are helping to tackle the greatest challenges on our continent and in the world. Get started with the AWS Free Tier today.
A fresh approach to process optimization
Learn how DataProphet uses machine learning (ML) in the AWS Cloud to reduce scrap rates to zero, reduces customer costs by 40% and is generating insights for clients in record time.
"It’s fair to say that we would not be as successful without the variety, responsiveness, and reliability of the AWS technologies we use."
It’s fair to say that we would not be as successful without the variety, responsiveness, and reliability of the AWS technologies we use."
Dr. Michael Grant
Chief Technology Officer, DataProphet
A fresh approach to process optimization
Learn how DataProphet uses machine learning (ML) in the AWS Cloud to reduce scrap rates to zero, reduces customer costs by 40% and is generating insights for clients in record time.
"It’s fair to say that we would not be as successful without the variety, responsiveness, and reliability of the AWS technologies we use."
It’s fair to say that we would not be as successful without the variety, responsiveness, and reliability of the AWS technologies we use."
Dr. Michael Grant
Chief Technology Officer, DataProphet
Fostering tech talent and transforming IT
Absa Group (Absa) provides banking services in Africa. Find out how it’s driven digital transformation, launching more than 100 initiatives in the AWS Cloud.
"Open source and AWS services are the ingredients the bank needs to turn our techies into development chefs.”
Open source and AWS services are the ingredients the bank needs to turn our techies into development chefs.”
Craig Du Toit
Head of Technology, Absa Marketing and Legal
Savings through serverless
Payment solutions startup Flutterwave has dramatically reduced IT spend and cut the time for onboarding customers by more than 60 percent by using AWS.
"By running our code for key processes on AWS Lambda, we have reduced our infrastructure costs by $120,000 a year.”
By running our code for key processes on AWS Lambda, we have reduced our infrastructure costs by $120,000 a year.”
Nujinim Egwegbete-Odukwu
IT Security and Infrastructure Analyst, Flutterwave
African innovators, global solutions
Watch and learn how these local pioneers are using the AWS Cloud to help them develop innovative solutions for Africa and for the world. Read more on how customers are deepening roots in South Africa's public sector.
“AWS has provided the building blocks for an innovative cloud environment that we can leverage for a highly reliable and engaging LMS. Corporate users are able to use the platform to conduct safe, effective, and efficient training of their members and staff from any device and any location.”
– Allan Mushabe, CEO and Founder, Lightbulb Education
“AWS has provided the building blocks for an innovative cloud environment that we can leverage for a highly reliable and engaging LMS. Corporate users are able to use the platform to conduct safe, effective, and efficient training of their members and staff from any device and any location.”
– Allan Mushabe, CEO and Founder, Lightbulb Education
“Using AWS instead of building out our own infrastructure lets us focus on bringing our healthcare solution to underserved communities. AWS remains our one-stop platform for all the hosted services we need.”
– Kobus Smit, CEO and Founder, eHealth Africa
“What we try to do is empower women to create solutions through technology. AWS has really helped in terms of cost saving…scaling our business, and making sure that we’ve got more girls accessing our site.”
– Zandile Keebine, Chairwoman, GirlCode
“We need to experiment. And when you’re doing experiments you have to run many of them. With the AWS platform we can spin up as many VMs as we require and scale as we need.”
– Dr Vukosi Marivate, Chair of Data Science, University of Pretoria
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Visit our Public Sector in South Africa page for more information and more customer stories.
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AWS re/Start is a free, full-time, 12-week program for the unemployed or underemployed with little technology experience.
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Dream, build, grow: A bright future in the cloud for South Africa
In this ebook, you will learn how local customers are using AWS to help change lives and help communities across the continent.
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