(Source: TechCrunch)
"Kenya's largest telecom provider, Safaricom, has partnered with AWS, to sell AWS cloud services to its customer network in East Africa. Safaricom will be the first Advanced Consulting Partner for the AWS partner network in East Africa. The telecom operator is leveraging the partnership with AWS to drive cloud adoption in the country." – Prachir Singh
Key Takeaways:
- Amazon is pushing its cloud services ahead of e-commerce services.
- With the presence of established players like Jumia, and limited infrastructure in African countries, e-commerce implementation and expansion are quite difficult.
- In terms of competition, Microsoft has already partnered with Liquid Telecom to grow Microsoft Azure and offer cloud services to startups and established businesses.