Amazon announces new office in Joburg

13 Aug 2015

NEWSWATCH: Amazon has announced the opening of an Amazon Web Services (AWS) office in Johannesburg, joining the Amazon Development Centre in Cape Town, which has been in operation since 2004...

Amazon announces new office in Joburg

The American e-commerce and cloud computing company plans to hire over 250 highly skilled engineers, network specialists, account managers and other technologists in the next 12 months, in both offices.

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