Amazon's Marketplace in South Africa Goes Live
May 7, 2024
After years of waiting, Amazon’s marketplace in South Africa has officially gone live. There has not been any fanfare for this launch but the platform is offering buyers free delivery on their first purchase. According…
AWS Set to Offer Free AI Skills Training to Kenyans
April 25, 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that its AI Ready initiative will be available in Kenya. This initiative seeks to equip 2 million people with AI skills by 2025. The current estimates by the World…
Amazon Opens AWS Development Centre in Nairobi
October 4, 2023
Earlier today, the first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Development Centre in Kenya was opened in Nairobi. The event was, graced by President William Ruto, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja, and prominent figures from the ICT industry….
Amazon Successfully Lobbies Kenyan Government to Drop 30% Ownership Rule
March 31, 2023
The Kenyan government has dropped a policy requiring foreign-owned firms to sell at least 30% of their stakes to local investors after US-based tech giant Amazon successfully lobbied President William Ruto to remove the foreign…
Amazon’s Cloud Gaming Service Luna Adds Android Support
December 21, 2020
Luna, Amazon’s Cloud gaming service, is now available on Android. Since its launch in October, Luna has only been playable across Mac, PC, Fire TV, iPhone, and iPad. Even on Android, Luna is available via…
Amazon Joins the Cloud Gaming Bandwagon with Luna
September 25, 2020
Amazon hosted its 2020 hardware event yesterday, revealing different products. Among the announcements is the new cloud gaming service called Luna that will be playable across Mac, PC, Fire TV, iPhone, iPad (only via web…
Amazon Updates the Fire TV Stick with a Successor and a new $29.99 Lite Version
September 25, 2020
Yesterday Amazon announced updates to some devices under its growing portfolio of hardware devices. One of them was the new upgraded Fire TV Stick streaming device. The latest version costs the same as its predecessor:…
Amazon Enters Fitness Market with Halo Band
August 28, 2020
Amazon launches Amazon Halo and Amazon Halo Band to help Customers Improve Their Health and Wellness
Amazon Prime Video Finally Rolls Out User Profiles Worldwide
July 8, 2020
Amazon Prime video rolls out user profiles, allowing customers to create up to six profiles