Leading telecommunication company
Safaricom has entered into a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a deal
that will allow the company lead in accelerating digital transformations in the
country.
Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph
confirmed the partnership, saying it will be the best to give customers the
best cloud experience.
“The APN is… the program for
technology… businesses who leverage AWS to build solutions and services for
customers… and sell their AWS offerings by providing valuable business,
technical, and marketing support,”
“We chose to partner with AWS because
it offers customers the broadest and deepest cloud platform…. This agreement
will allow us to accelerate our efforts to enable digital transformation in
Kenya,” said Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph.
“Safaricom will be able to offer AWS
services to East-African customers, allowing businesses of all sizes to quickly
get started on AWS cloud,” the company statement continued.
According to TechCrunch, the two
companies’ collaboration could spell competition between American cloud
providers in Africa.
Safaricom outlined the arrangement as
a “strategic agreement”, which will involve selling of AWS services (primarily
cloud) to its East Africa customer network.
Safaricom — whose products include
the famed M-Pesa mobile money product — will also become the first Advanced
Consulting Partner for the AWS partner network in East Africa, writes
TechCrunch.
Source: TechCrunch
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