14 June 2019

Vodacom has signed a strategic partnership with cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS), which will see the former become both a customer and a reseller of the latter’s services.

“We have signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services, which will make AWS our primary cloud provider,” said Shameel Joosub, during the group’s annual results presentation in Midrand. “We will also be a strategic partner, integrator and reseller for AWS services across Africa.”

Joosub said he believes the partnership is a “game-changer” because it takes Vodacom beyond being just a big seller of the connectivity.