Amazon To Open African Headquarters In South Africa

Amazon, a United States multinational technology company, has
chosen South Africa as the headquarters for its African market.

This development comes a week after Twitter, US-based
microblogging and social networking service announced the opening
of its first-ever African office in Ghana.

The announcement has since generated reactions from some
Nigerians on Twitter, as they have taken to social media platforms
to register different opinions, especially on the choice of Ghana
instead of Nigeria

Similarly, the German government said a new German-West African
Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention will be located in
Ghana.

BusinessTech reports that authorities of Cape Town, South
Africa, confirmed that the headquarters will be located at River
Club, a mixed-use development project in Cape Town that costs R4
billion (about $280 million).

In April 2020, Amazon, founded by Jeff Bezos, the world’s
richest person, launched its first data centres for Amazon Web
Services (AWS) in Cape Town. However, its e-commerce services are
not yet available anywhere on the African continent.

City officials said 5,239 jobs will be created in the
construction phase, alongside up to 19,000 indirect and induced
jobs.

The development is envisaged to take place in phases, with
construction set to take place over three to five years.

“The city has carefully and thoroughly considered all of the
submissions and concerns during the appeal process. We are acutely
aware of the need to balance investment and job creation, along
with heritage and planning considerations, ” said Dan Plato, major
of Cape Town.

“It is clear that this development offers many economic, social
and environmental benefits for the area. We are committed to
driving investment to revitalize the economy, which is slowly
recovering following the impact of Covid-19.”

The development design intends to create a 150,000 square metre
mixed-use space, divided into commercial and housing uses across
two precincts. The developer intends 31,900 square metres to be
used for residential purposes.

The city said the development will include both market-driven
and affordable housing opportunities – the latter of which will be
physically integrated with the other residential units in the
apartment complexes.

Reacting, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said the project has the
potential to provide around 19,000 jobs for Capetonians.

Amazon, a United States multinational technology company, has
chosen South Africa as the headquarters for its African market.

This development comes a week after Twitter, US-based
microblogging and social networking service announced the opening
of its first-ever African office in Ghana.

The announcement has since generated reactions from some
Nigerians on Twitter, as they have taken to social media platforms
to register different opinions, especially on the choice of Ghana
instead of Nigeria

Similarly, the German government said a new German-West African
Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention will be located in
Ghana.

BusinessTech reports that authorities of Cape Town, South
Africa, confirmed that the headquarters will be located at River
Club, a mixed-use development project in Cape Town that costs R4
billion (about $280 million).

In April 2020, Amazon, founded by Jeff Bezos, the world’s
richest person, launched its first data centres for Amazon Web
Services (AWS) in Cape Town. However, its e-commerce services are
not yet available anywhere on the African continent.

City officials said 5,239 jobs will be created in the
construction phase, alongside up to 19,000 indirect and induced
jobs.

The development is envisaged to take place in phases, with
construction set to take place over three to five years.

“The city has carefully and thoroughly considered all of the
submissions and concerns during the appeal process. We are acutely
aware of the need to balance investment and job creation, along
with heritage and planning considerations, ” said Dan Plato, major
of Cape Town.

“It is clear that this development offers many economic, social
and environmental benefits for the area. We are committed to
driving investment to revitalize the economy, which is slowly
recovering following the impact of Covid-19.”

The development design intends to create a 150,000 square metre
mixed-use space, divided into commercial and housing uses across
two precincts. The developer intends 31,900 square metres to be
used for residential purposes.

The city said the development will include both market-driven
and affordable housing opportunities – the latter of which will be
physically integrated with the other residential units in the
apartment complexes.

Reacting, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said the project has the
potential to provide around 19,000 jobs for Capetonians.