Amazon opens office in Lagos to support customers
By Ibidunni Banjoko
The multinational tech company, Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) has opened a new office in Lagos as part of its support for the growing number of customers and partners in Nigeria.
The office will support organizations of all sizes, including startups, enterprises, and public sector agencies as they make the transition to AWS Cloud. By opening a Lagos office, AWS can better address the increase in customer and partner adoption of AWS services in Nigeria.
With a local presence, AWS will support new and existing customers looking to use AWS products and services to innovate, lower their information technology (IT) costs, and grow their organizations in the cloud.
Amrote Abdella, regional Manager of Sub -Saharan Africa at AWS said: “We are excited to open our first AWS office in Nigeria. Lagos offers a highly skilled and creative talent pool, and the area is home to many fast-growing startups and notable Nigerian enterprises leading the way in digital innovation.”
“We look forward to fostering the country’s pioneering spirit and helping our customers to accelerate their digital transformation as they deliver innovative new products and services to the Nigerian community.”
While welcoming the opening of the new AWS office in Lagos, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy said, “The Service Infrastructure Pillar of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) emphasizes the importance of digital platforms in the development of a robust digital economy.”
“The programs of Amazon Web Services support the development of such platforms and we look forward to partnering with AWS to accelerate the implementation of NDEPS.”
The new Lagos office is AWS’s latest investment in Africa. Teams of AWS account managers, partner managers, solutions architects, and other roles support Nigerian customers, running everything from development and test environments to big data analytics; mobile, web, and social apps; enterprise business applications; Internet of Things (IoT); and mission critical workloads.
AWS counts some of Nigeria’s fastest-growing and best-known startups and businesses as customers, including SeamlessHR, Yellow Card, BFree, Bankly, and public sector organizations.
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