Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN) has announced the selection of 9 organisations from Africa for its fourth AWS Social Entrepreneur Accelerator cohort, making it the largest representation of any continent. The list of African countries with selected organisations includes Nigeria, Kenya , Ghana, South Africa, Cameroon and Tanzania while other selected organisations are from the USA, Australia, India, the UK and others.
In collaboration with Deloitte, the Accelerator provides technical training, strategic business planning, and ongoing AWS and Deloitte support to help mission-driven organisations scale.
Since 2023, the programme has supported more than 100 social entrepreneurs across 34 countries, bringing together a global community of social entrepreneurs who are working to address some of the world’s most urgent challenges across education, health and climate resilience.
Jyoti Ball, General Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa at AWS, expressing delight over Africa’s representation, stated that “Africa’s representation in this cohort reflects what we’re seeing across the continent, a generation of founders who don’t wait for conditions to be perfect. They build anyway. Our role is to ensure they have access to the same world-class cloud and AI technology as any startup in Silicon Valley and the support to scale impact across borders.”
