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Moneyweb reports that American multinational company Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened its first international skills centre in Cape Town aimed at offering free cloud skills training to young people in the region.
The Cape Town facility is the third of its kind, joining the Seattle and Arlington facilities in the US. For the province, the move means critical investment in the local economy. As it stands, AWS Africa already ploughed R15.6 billion into the Westen Cape region between 2018 and 2022, with plans to invest a further R30 billion until 2029. The new facility will grant individuals access to cloud skills training as well as free foundational cloud training for those interested in cloud computing-related careers. Western Cape Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities Mireille Wenger observed: “The opening of this impressive skills centre by AWS is exactly the kind of investment and skills development programmes we are looking to attract to the province because investment generates economic growth, which then leads to job creation.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Akhona Matshoba at Moneyweb
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